Gool is made from the remains of tobacco after it has been crushed into very fine powder. As a colourless poisonous substance called 'nicotine' is found in tobacco, gool made of it is normally a poisonous product beyond all doubts. Furthermore while preparing gool other harmful substances are mixed with the crushed tobacco to make the taste of gool strong. As a result gool becomes more poisonous. The toxic gool in the long run may cause cancer in human body particularly in mouth and throat. It also damages the eye-sight.

A survey may be conducted by the concerned agency of the government over gool addicted persons to find out the results of gool. A laboratory test of gool may be done by the government to ascertain its effects and make them public to alert the people.

It is known from reliable sources that some 5000 gross of gool containers are produced daily in the country by a few gool factories having no registration either with Board of Investment or BSCIC. The gool industry is nascent as compared to other tobacco companies manufacturing Bidi and Cigar in large quantity in the county. So it is the right time now to impose embargo on the production of gool by the Govt. before it is too late in greater interest of public health.

In Bangladesh at the initiative of World Health Organisation (WHO), anti-tobacco law has recently been enforced by Health and Family Welfare Ministry in context of which it is urged upon them to take measures against the production, distribution and sale of toxic and narcotic tobacco products like gool. In this regard, the concerned ministry may ask the Board of Investment, the apex body of industries in Bangladesh, for a crack down on such harmful items in the country.