Badal has asked the Health Department to take immediate steps to ensure complete ban on manufacturing of 'Guthka', 'Pan Masala', processed/ flavored/ scented chewing tobacco and any other food products containing tobacco or nicotine in the state, a spokesperson of the Chief Minister's Office said.
The state government had already issued a notification on January 1 banning the storage, sale or distribution of tobacco items by whatever name these are called as final products in the market and has been prohibited for one year in Punjab.