In India, the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir has just granted the government six more weeks to file an affidavit against a petition asking for permission to sell and use e-cigarettes in India. State.
PENDING A DECISION FROM THE GOVERNMENT
In India, the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir has just granted a delay to the government. The attorney general said the government must file its plea response within six weeks.
Mushtaq Ahmed Shah has filed a petition asking the authorities to allow the use and sale of electronic nicotine distribution systems (ENDS) or, if necessary, to regulate them. He called for the constitution of a committee to conduct appropriate research and analysis on e-cigarettes and then formulate regulations for the use and sale of ENDS.
Mushtaq Ahmed Shah says smoking could easily be stopped if e-cigarettes which have less harmful effects than tobacco products were used. He adds that it could allow smokers like him to switch to safer methods of consuming nicotine. The general objective being to reduce dependence and the use of electronic cigarettes is a first step.
The 12 last March, the Central Drug Regulator ordered all drug controllers in states and union territories not to allow the manufacture, sale, import and advertising of electronic nicotine dispensing systems including electronic cigarettes in their respective jurisdictions.
« Since Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (ENDS) including e-cigarettes have not yet been approved under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act 1940, you are required to ensure that nicotine delivery devices are not sold (including online), manufactured, distributed, traded, imported, and advertised in your jurisdictions “, Specified the control of the regulator.
Last August, the Department of Health issued a notice to all states to end the manufacture, sale and import of ENDS. Following the MoHFW opinion, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology also proposed an amendment to the 2018 Information Technology Rules (Intermediary Guidelines) to ban advertising on e -cigarettes.
Currently, 12 Indian states prohibit the sale of electronic cigarettes because of its potentially harmful effects on health.
