WHO welcomes India vaping ban on health grounds

Flavoured vaping products containing nicotine in Los Angeles, California. Picture: AFP/ROBYN BECKThe World Health Organisation congratulated India on Thursday for its ban on e-cigarettes, the latest evidence of a global backlash against a technology touted as safer than regular smoking.

Citing health concerns, on Wednesday, the Indian government announced a ban on the production, manufacture, import, export, transport, sale, distribution and storage of e-cigarettes. It came a day after New York became the second US state to outlaw flavoured e-cigarettes, and a week after US President Donald Trump said his administration was considering a ban.

The technology has been pushed by producers, and also by some governments, including in Europe, as a safer alternative to tobacco — and as a way to kick the habit. The sale of tobacco remains legal in India, prompting accusations that Modi’s main aim is to protect India’s domestic industry, on which some 45-million people depend for their livelihood.

Source: Healthcare Press (healthcarepress.net)

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