English

Abstract

Tobacco and its products have been a household entity since a long time specially in Indian houses either as a pride to be snuffed through the pipes or the traditional hookahs by the rajas maharajas, or if not through the smoke it took place in many untowardly customs and rituals associated. It has spread through the subcontinent, and even to the other countries. Promoted by a slick and many- tentacled advertising campaign, gutka, an indigenous form of smokeless tobacco, has become a fixture in the mouths of millions of Indians over the last two decades. But what has prompted particular concern here is the way that in the last 10 years, gutka as portable as chewing gum and sometimes as sweet as candy has found its way into the mouths of Indian children. Out of fad and style quotient, it made its way in exchange of mere money in pockets of many turning into one of the major concerns for health problems particularly in India. Various social workers and health professionals have urged for ban of tobacco products, especially the gutka as it is the need of the hour to stop chewing to avoid future regret of oral health. In that context, government too is starting a ban of sale and supply of such products considering the youth in terms of its addiction and child labour associated. However, with the increasing awareness regarding its pros and cons, alarming many of this fad, it's slowly and gradually making its way to exit to create smiles with disease and addiction free