# Sunny Deol says conscience stops him from doing pan masala ads 2026-08-16T13:38:33+00:00 | Entertainment | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 2 independent outlets Sunny Deol has said he will never endorse pan masala products, even though he has received offers. The actor made the remark on Shubhankar Mishra's podcast, explaining that his personal beliefs do not allow him to promote such items. "Main in sab cheezon ko manta nahi hoon. I don't think this is a good thing to promote," he said, adding that he has turned down several other deals for the same reason. NDTV and the Times of India report that the actor was asked why he avoids pan masala endorsements while many of his peers accept them. Deol said he does not understand why ads do not come to him, comparing the situation to a lean phase in his film career. The discussion comes weeks after the Maharashtra FDA sent show-cause notices to Shah Rukh Khan, Ajay Devgn and Tiger Shroff over a Vimal Elaichi advertisement, which the regulator said appears to be a surrogate promotion of banned pan masala. ## Coverage - ndtv.com - timesofindia.indiatimes.com This story was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above. Updated: this story now draws on 2 sources. Last updated 2026-08-16T15:14:53+00:00. Tags: Bollywood, Pan masala, Sunny Deol Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/sunny-deol-refuses-pan-masala-ads-over-conscience/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/sunny-deol-refuses-pan-masala-ads-over-conscience/#story-in-brief How this brief was made: an AI model read the reports linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. Stance labels are editorial classifications of how each outlet framed this story, assigned by the same model, not ratings of the outlets. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/