to improve public health and prevent incidence of cancer and other health hazards and addictions among the people of the State and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
Whereas it is considered expedient to enact a comprehensive law on smokeless and chewing tobacco and/or nicotine in the public interest and to protect public health;
And whereas it is expedient to prohibit manufacturing, advertisement, trade, storage, distribution, sale and consumption of Zarda, Gutkha, Panmasala containing tobacco and/or nicotine and various types of smokeless and chewing tobacco and/or nicotine or any of its derivatives in any form, which are injurious to health with a view to achieve improvement of public health in general as enjoined by Article 47 of the Constitution, and to make any violation of such prohibition a penal offence, which is cognizable and non-bailable;
It is hereby enacted in the Sixty-fourth Year of the Republic as follows :-
Section 1 • THE ASSAM HEALTH (PROHIBITION OF MANUFACTURING, ADVERTISEMENT, TRADE, STORAGE, DISTRIBUTION, SALE AND CONSUMPTION OF ZARDA, GUTKHA, PANMASALA ETC. CONTAINING TOBACCO AND/OR NICOTINE) ACT, 2013
An ACT
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Section 1
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"content": "to improve public health and prevent incidence of cancer and other health hazards and addictions among the people of the State and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.\n\nWhereas it is considered expedient to enact a comprehensive law on smokeless and chewing tobacco and/or nicotine in the public interest and to protect public health;\n\nAnd whereas it is expedient to prohibit manufacturing, advertisement, trade, storage, distribution, sale and consumption of Zarda, Gutkha, Panmasala containing tobacco and/or nicotine and various types of smokeless and chewing tobacco and/or nicotine or any of its derivatives in any form, which are injurious to health with a view to achieve improvement of public health in general as enjoined by Article 47 of the Constitution, and to make any violation of such prohibition a penal offence, which is cognizable and non-bailable;\n\nIt is hereby enacted in the Sixty-fourth Year of the Republic as follows :-",
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