Chief ministers of eleven states have pledged their support to Voice of Tobacco Victims (VOTV), a national campaign that advocates against chewing tobacco and other smokeless forms of tobacco.

According to a report by the Economic Times, General Secretary of National Organisation for Tobacco Eradication (NOTE), Shekhar Salkar stated that chief ministers of Assam, Goa, Punjab, Kerala, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Arunachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan and Gujarat have pledged to do their best for oral cancer victims, doctors and tobacco control advocates of their states.
"All the chief ministers assured the victims of their commitment by signing a pledge calling for a ban on gutka and khaini products," Salkar said. (pi)