Govt to set up labs to test tobacco contents and emissions

Government will set up an apex tobacco research lab and four other regional labs to test the the contents and emissions of various tobacco products like cigarettes and bidis and set a limit to the toxic chemicals in them.  The work will be carried out in two phases. In phase-I, an apex research lab will be set up in Food Research & Standardisation Laboratory (FRSL), Ghaziabad and two regional labs in Regional Drugs Testing Laboratory in Guwahati and Central Drugs Testing Laboratory in Mumbai.