Vapes, e-cigarettes, other artificial nicotine products to be banned soon
The step
comes after the Delhi High Court slammed the Health Ministry for not taking
regulatory measures on the manufacture, import, sale and trading of
e-cigarettes in the country
Current Affairs News
: In order to
crack down on the artificial nicotine products, the government on Tuesday
issued an advisory against the sale of vapes,
e-cigarettes, e-nicotine flavoured hookah,
heat-not-burn devices, e-sheesha and other similar devices in
the country.
According
to the Ministry
of Health and Family Welfare advisory issued to all the states and Union
Territories, manufacturing, distributing, trading, importing and advertising of
any artificially produced nicotine products -- Electronic
Nicotine Delivery Systems (ENDS) -- will be brought to an end soon.
The
step comes after the Delhi High Court slammed the Health Ministry for not
taking regulatory measures on the manufacture, import, sale and trading of
e-cigarettes in the country.
The
Ministry stated that in 2014, a roundtable discussion on ENDS was held where
health experts and officers of the health and drug departments concluded that
such devices are hazardous.
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