What Took States So Long To Ban Gutkha?

摘要

C hewing tobacco is a type of smokeless tobacco product consumed by placing a portion of the tobacco between the cheek and gum or upper lip teeth and chewing. Unlike dipping tobacco, it is not ground and must be manually crushed with the teeth to release flavor and nicotine. Unwanted juices are then expectorated (spat).Chewing tobacco is typically manufactured as several varieties of product – most often as loose leaf (or scrap), pellets (tobacco "bites" or "bits"), and "plug" (a form of loose leaf tobacco condensed with a binding sweetener). Nearly all modern chewing tobaccos are produced via a process of leaf curing, cutting, fermentation and processing or sweetening. Almost all tobacco consumers, adults and kids, like Gutkha, a preparation of crushe betel nut, tobacco, catechu, lime and sweet or tasty flavorings. It is manufactured in India and exported to a few other countries. In general it is consumed much like chewing tobacco. Highly addictive and a known carcinogen, gutkha is currently the subject of much debate in India.