Ban pan-masala promotions

It is shameful that Indian film stars appear in pan-masala advertisements

Several decades ago, a senior colleague in the Indian Foreign Service was known in South Block for his addiction to pan-masala. I noticed that he would open a pan-masala tin, filled to the brim with a brownish mixture, and have this powdery stuff with a tiny plastic spoon throughout the working day. At times he would go through more than one tin in a day. He was fit and an avid sportsman all through his life and yet he passed away in his early 60s. It could be that the consumption of all that pan masala led to health disorders