Port Blair, Oct. 4: The general public and all concerned are being informed that under the provisions of Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, Rules and Regulation 2011 the manufacture, storage, distribution or sale of Gutkha, Panmasala and allied products containing tobacco and nicotine as ingredients by whatsoever name, available in the market, will be prohibited in the Union Territory of Andaman & Nicobar Islands in the interest of Public Health w.e.f 1st November 2012.