{
  "id": 14228409,
  "title": "Uttarakhand Imposes One-Year Ban On Gutkha & Pan Masala Containing Tobacco Or Nicotine",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/uttarakhand-imposes-one-year-ban-on-gutkha-pan-masala-containing",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-13T15:05:33.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/uttar-pradesh/uttarakhand-imposes-one-year-ban-on-gutkha-pan-masala-containing-tobacco-or-nicotine"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Dehradun: The Uttarakhand government has imposed a one-year ban on the manufacture, storage, distribution and sale of gutkha, pan masala and other food products containing tobacco or nicotine. Food Safety and Drug Administration Commissioner Vinay Shankar Pandey issued the order on Tuesday, making the prohibition effective from October 13 for a period of one year. Uttarakhand: Kainchi Dham May…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}