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The articles about a type of tabacoo called Gutka

"...began chewing a blend of tobacco and spices that jolted him awake when his job at a textile loom got too dreary. Five years later, doctors in Mumbai lopped off his tongue to halt the cancer that was spreading through his mouth."

"...Shaikh believed the fragrant, granular mixture he chewed, known in India as gutka, was a harmless stimulant "

"....Gutka, whose name is derived from a Punjabi word meaning “a miniature version of Sikhism’s holy book of scriptures,”

"....Gutka, whose name is derived from a Punjabi word meaning “a miniature version of Sikhism’s holy book of scriptures,”

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-11-29/two-cent-chewing-tobacco-for-kids-spreads-oral-cancer-in-india.html

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