Tobacco addicts beware. If anyone is caught chewing tobacco that is either flavoured, scented or mixed with any addictives, officers of the Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) could lodgean FIR against the individual from now on and get him arrested.After the state government called for a ban on these products for a period of one year recently, the FDA Thane officials have launched a mission to seize such products. So far gutkha and tobacco products worth Rs 4 lakh have been seized from nine different shops in Mumbai.

The FDA Thane officials have seized gutka and tobacco products worth R4 lakh from nine differnt shops in Mumbai. Pic/ Richa Pinto