‘Stop paan sales now’: Brent demands urgent government ban

‘Stop paan sales now’: Brent demands urgent government ban

Brent Council is calling on the Government to urgently ban the sale of paan products containing tobacco or betel nut, saying councils have reached the limit of what they can achieve through local enforcement. In a letter sent earlier this week to ministers, the council set out what it described as the growing harm caused by paan chewing and spitting, including rising cancer rates, damage to town centres and links to illegal tobacco supply chains…