—Odisha sarkar ne public health ko dhyan mein rakhte hue gutkha, pan masala aur tamaku/nicotine milaye gaye sabhi food products par poori tarah se pabandi laga di hai. Health & Family Welfare Department, Odisha ne is silsile mein 21 January 2026 ko official notification jaari kiya.
Notification ke mutabiq, World Health Organization (WHO) ke International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) ne zarda, khaini, gutkha jaise chewing tobacco products ko cancer-causing substances ghoshit kiya hai. Ye products munh, gala, stomach, pancreas aur kidney jaise organs ke cancer se jude hue hain aur bachchon aur yuvaon ke liye khaaskar khatarnaak bataye gaye hain.
Government data ke anusaar, Global Adult Tobacco Survey ke second round mein ye baat saamne aayi hai ki Odisha ke 42% se zyada adult log smokeless tobacco ka istemal karte hain, jo national average se lagbhag double hai.
Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 aur Food Safety and Standards (Prohibition and Restrictions on Sales) Regulations, 2011 ke tahat, kisi bhi food item mein tobacco ya nicotine ka istemal pehle se hi gair-kanuni hai. Isi kanooni pravdhan ke tahat aur Supreme Court ke nirdeshon ke anuroop, Odisha sarkar ne is ban ko aur sakhti se lagu kiya hai.
Is notification ke tehat, tobacco ya nicotine wale food products ka manufacture, processing, packaging, storage, transportation, distribution aur sale Odisha mein puri tarah se prohibited hoga. Ye pabandi packaged aur unpackaged dono tarah ke products par lagu hogi, chahe wo alag-alag pack mein beche ja rahe hon ya mix karne ke liye asaani se uplabdh karaye ja rahe hon.
Sarkar ne saaf kiya hai ki ye naya notification 03 January 2013 ke purane order ko supersede karega. Niyamon ka ullanghan karne walon ke khilaf Food Safety Act ke tahat sakht karwai ki jaayegi.
👉 Ye kadam rajya mein badhte cancer ke cases par niyantran aur logon ki sehat ko surakshit rakhne ke liye uthaya gaya hai.