Indian tobacco faces last chew

(Deutsche Welle) Tobacco has been chewed in India for centuries and in the past decade, gutkha has emerged as the chewing tobacco of choice.
Ready-packaged in small sachets, gutkha is a commercially produced mixture of crushed areca nut, tobacco, lime, paraffin and other "secret" ingredients.
... Overall, more tobacco is chewed than smoked in India. Last year, the Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS) reported that 26 percent of adult Indians were tobacco chewers while 14 percents were smokers. Continued