Haryana government has decided to ban food articles containing nicotine and tobacco including Gutkha and Pan Masala from Wednesday. This was disclosed by State Commissioner for Food and Drug Administration, Rakesh Gupta in Panchkula on Sunday. Inaugurating workshop on Prohibition of food articles containing tobacco and nicotine, Dr. Gupta said the Food Safety and Standards Act 2006 enacted by the Central government, prohibits the sale and manufacture of such products. He said, tobacco smoke is a toxic deadly mix of more than 7,000 chemicals, many of which are poisonous and injurious to health. Dr Gupta said, tobacco is the foremost preventable cause of death and disease in the world today.