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