Tobacco Ban

Chewing betel quid and supari can cause OSMF, a disease in which patients often can’t open their mouths wide enough to eat

OSMF is characterized by the formation of fibrotic bands in the oral and para oral tissues which limit how much the patient can open his or her mouth.

World No Tobacco Day: One million Indians die annually due to tobacco consumption

Smoking and other tobacco use kills more than seven million people each year

Himachal Pradesh bans all tobacco-based products

The hill state has already banned smoking in public places and its capital Shimla has been declared a "smoke-free" town.