The borders are porous, there's no restrictions on trade," said Ashwini Kumar Rai, the Food Safety Commissioner in Madhya Pradesh, where a ban was introduced in April.He said they had since shut down eight gutka manufacturing factories in the state and acted on public tip-offs to seize 10 million rupees ($180,000) worth of supplies, which are no longer sold prominently in shops."That's something that we have succeeded in completely eliminating
Cigarette smoking raises blood pressure, alters blood sugar levels, and stimulates the release of stress hormones that interfere with fat metabolism
Furthermore, since July, supermarkets have been no longer allowed to display smoking products visibly on their shelves.
Tobacco 21 is not the last step but its an important first step toward preventing youth tobacco addiction," Molly Moilanen, vice president at ClearWay Minnesota and a co-chair of Minnesotans for a Smoke-Free Generation, said in a news release