The Delhi government is planning to ban sale of chewing tobacco with the idea of reducing oral cancer cases.

Now, the health department has proposed a ban on the sale of tobacco as well. Health Minister Satyendra Jain said, “The government would soon issue a new set of rules that would also make sale of chewing tobacco illegal. We want to plug the legal loopholes which were allowing sale and consumption of chewing tobacco.”
The ban on gutka, which included sale, manufacture, distribution, transportation, display and storage of these products, was resulting in a revenue loss of about Rs. 50 crore annually. The proposed ban on sale of chewing tobacco is likely to add to the revenue loss to the government.
Source-Medindia