India Campaigns to Stamp Out Smokeless Tobacco

India is in a growing battle with the tobacco industry to ban gutkha, a mixture of chewing tobacco and pan masala, the ubiquitous mixture of nuts, seeds, herbs, and spices that Indian families serve after meals.

So far, 14 of India’s 28 states have banned the production of gutkha, to the dismay of India’s Smokeless Tobacco Association, the All India Katt…