India proposes ban on e-cigarettes, with jail terms for offenders - SABC News - Breaking news, special reports, world, business, sport coverage of all South African current events. Africa's news leader.

  • 📰 SABC News Online
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 34 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 17%
  • Publisher: 51%

South Africa Headlines News

South Africa Latest News,South Africa Headlines

India proposes ban on e-cigarettes, with jail terms for offenders via SABCNewsOnline

Advocates for the devices say e-cigarettes are far less harmful than smoking tobacco because users do not inhale the same dangerous matter.

Such orders are typically issued in India as an emergency measure when parliament is not in session. It can lapse if it is not approved when lawmakers convene against in the next session, which will most likely be held around November. “There is evidence that these products are a gateway to tobacco products and induce adolescents and young adults to nicotine use leading to addiction,” the health ministry said in the document.India has 106 million adult smokers, second only to China in the world, making it a lucrative market for firms such as Juul and Philip Morris. More than 900 000 people die each year in the country due to tobacco-related illnesses.

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.
We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 32. in ZA

South Africa Latest News, South Africa Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

Mrs India SA founder wins court battle over pageant rights | The PostAnusha Bisaal has had many wins in her life. This week, she scored again - a significant victory in a court case that gave her back the rights to the Mrs India South Africa beauty pageant which she founded years ago. PostNewspaperSA
Source: IOL - 🏆 46. / 51 Read more »

World Entrepreneurs' Day - SABC News - Breaking news, special reports, world, business, sport coverage of all South African current events. Africa's news leader.World Entrepreneurs’ Day (WED) is commemorated every year on August 21, the purpose of which is to create awareness for entrepreneurship, innovation and leadership across the globe.
Source: SABC News Online - 🏆 32. / 51 Read more »

SARS suspends another executive - SABC News - Breaking news, special reports, world, business, sport coverage of all South African current events. Africa's news leader.Yet another South African Revenue Service (SARS) executive has been suspended, bringing to five the number of executives currently on precautionary suspension.
Source: SABC News Online - 🏆 32. / 51 Read more »

IPID probes Tshegofatso Selahle’s death - SABC News - Breaking news, special reports, world, business, sport coverage of all South African current events. Africa's news leader.The IPID is investigating the death of Tshegofatso Selahle who died after being arrested by metro police in Johannesburg.
Source: SABC News Online - 🏆 32. / 51 Read more »

Nine killed in JHB crash - SABC News - Breaking news, special reports, world, business, sport coverage of all South African current events. Africa's news leader.Nine people have been killed in a crash on the N1 South in Johannesburg.
Source: SABC News Online - 🏆 32. / 51 Read more »

Zimbabwe police block another protest - SABC News - Breaking news, special reports, world, business, sport coverage of all South African current events. Africa's news leader.Zimbabwe police deployed in force on Tuesday to block a street protest for the third time in five days, as the main opposition party said hopes were vanishing that the government might become more tolerant of dissent than the regime it replaced.
Source: SABC News Online - 🏆 32. / 51 Read more »