It is not good to be a vaper in India and it is not really new! But if the e-cigarette is until today regulated in many states in India, we are getting closer and closer to a total ban promulgated by the government.
A PROHIBITION PROVIDED FOR IN THE "100 DAYS OF MODI" PROGRAM
According to officials informed of developments in India, the Ministry of Health has decided to ban e-cigarettes after classifying nicotine inhalers in the category "drugs".
A notification on this subject should probably be published shortly, sources told the newspaper " Livemint“, Adding that the proposal to ban vaping products was part of the 100-day program of the government of Narendra Damodardas Modi, prime minister and big winner in the legislative elections of 2019.
«Regulatory measures to prevent the use of e-cigarettes are needed. These are imported products without a license and widely sold online. The ministry is now considering banning this product “, Said an official from the Ministry of Health.
Under the Cigarette and Other Tobacco Products Act, the center cannot ban e-cigarettes, only regulate the sale, leaving the government in a dilemma over how to ban the devices. . However, at a previous meeting of the Drug Advisory Committee, experts concluded that such devices fell within the definition of "drug" within the meaning of Section 3 (b) of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act 1940. (DCA) and could therefore be banned.
