Odisha becomes 15th state to ban Gutkha which
contains tobacco and nicotine.We welcome the decision taken by the Health dept
honouring supreme court’s directives.Gutkha
is a major cause of oral cancer and occurrence of this type of cancer has
increased manifold in last few years.So many school boys are chewing this gutkhas and their style of
tearing the pouch and pouring it into their mouth will amaze you.These gutkhas
are available in almost all street shops, be it in remote villages or big
cities.I personally asked some consumers about ban of Gukhas and what they said was
astonishing.Some said that they would purchase as much as possible from market
now for future consumption.You can now decide how much they are addicted to it.
Govt
should take action strictly against the producers,distributors and
retailers after official notice on ban
of these Gutkhas comes out.We would like our Govts to ban Cigarettes very soon.But
banning cigarettes will not be that easy as these are manufactured by
multinational giants.It will be ridiculous if we want to save people from oral
cancer which is caused by chewing gutkhas but not from lungs cancer and tuberculosis which is caused
by smoking cigarettes.
© pinqbhanja,2013.
