Nearly four years after gutkha and pan masala was banned in Maharashtra the Delhi government banned all chewing tobacco products including pan masala gutkha flavoured and scented tobacco and kharra for one year on Friday. The Department of Food Safety issued a notification declaring that manufacture and sale of gutkha pan masala zarda and khaini packed or unpacked are prohibited for a year as these products damage public health. The ban came into effect on Wednesday itself. 'The said food products if consumed endanger human health the government said in its notification adding that consumption will adversely effect the life
