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'Imagine the audacity': Amit Malviya shares video of Kirti Azad allegedly 'vaping' inside Parliament
India | Dec 17, 2025, 11:46 PM ISTBJP MP Anurag Thakur on December 11 raised the issue in Lok Sabha without naming the Trinamool MP and lodged a written complaint with Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, demanding action against the lawmaker for allegedly smoking an e-cigarette inside the House.
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E-cigarettes: What are they and why are they harmful? TMC MP’s alleged use in LS sparks debate
Lifestyle | Dec 11, 2025, 01:09 PM ISTBJP has accused a TMC MP of smoking an e-cigarette inside the Lok Sabha. With e-cigarettes banned in India, the incident has raised fresh questions. Here is what e-cigarettes are, their risks, and what the law says if someone is found with one.
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Vaping can increase the risk of asthma in adolescents, finds study
Health | Sep 19, 2023, 05:01 PM ISTE-cigarettes have fewer toxins than regular cigarettes but still contain a mixture of harmful chemicals and raise the risk of respiratory diseases.
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Mumbai's famous Muchhad Paanwala owner arrested after e-cigarettes seized from shop
Maharashtra | Feb 15, 2023, 07:11 PM ISTThe Centre 2019 issued an ordinance to ban e-cigarettes, making the production, import, export, transport, sale or advertisements of such “alternative” smoking devices a cognizable offence attracting jail terms and fines.
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Tobacco & E-cigarettes may raise the risk of Covid in young healthy people, says study
Health | Feb 11, 2023, 11:22 AM ISTCOVID: Researchers found that plasma from healthy young people who smoke tobacco or vape had higher levels of furin, sCD163, and L-selectin than plasma from non-smokers.
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E-cigarettes can cause cardiac arrhythmias, warns research
Health | Oct 26, 2022, 06:15 PM ISTThe researchers tested the cardiac impacts of inhaled e-cigarette aerosols solely from the main two ingredients in e-liquids (nicotine-free propylene glycol and vegetable glycerin) or from flavoured retail e-liquids containing nicotine.
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E-cigarettes may alter organs, hinder body's ability to fight infections
Health | Apr 13, 2022, 11:07 PM ISTThe effects also vary depending on the e-cigarette flavour, and can influence how organs respond to infections, such as SARS-CoV-2, the virus causing COVID-19.
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FDA authorizes first e-cigarette, cites benefit for smokers
World | Oct 13, 2021, 12:38 PM ISTWhile the products can now be legally sold in the U.S., the FDA stressed they are neither safe nor “FDA approved,” and that people who don’t smoke shouldn’t use them.
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Vaping may up oral infections and inflammation risk
Health | Feb 27, 2020, 04:40 PM ISTFor the study, published in the journal iScience, the research team examined e-cigarette vapour and its influence on the oral microbiome and immune health.
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E-cigarettes popular on Instagram despite anti-vaping content
Lifestyle | Jan 23, 2020, 02:56 PM ISTMany teenagers continue to view e-cigarettes as healthier than conventional cigarettes, but vaping is associated with inflammation, reduced immune responses and breathing troubles, the study said.
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E-cigarette popular on Instagram despite anti-vaping content
Health | Jan 23, 2020, 12:12 PM ISTAccording to the researchers, participants in the focus groups suggested that the anti-vaping campaign promoted scare tactics rather than offering guidance on how to quit vaping.
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Prohibit use of e-cigarettes on campus, sensitise students of ill effects: UGC tells varsities
India | Jan 15, 2020, 02:16 PM ISTThe University Grants Commission (UGC) has directed all universities and higher educational institutions to prohibit use of electronic cigarettes in their campuses and make students aware of its bad effects.
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Vaping leaves e-cigarette user with rare lung scarring: Study
World | Dec 05, 2019, 03:40 PM ISTDoctors diagnosed the patient with hard-metal pneumoconiosis, a rare form of lung disease that causes irreparable damage, persistent coughing and breathing issues.
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Rajya Sabha takes up bill to ban e-cigarettes
National | Nov 28, 2019, 10:42 PM ISThe Prohibition of Electronic Cigarettes (Production, Manufacture, Import, Export, Transport, Sale, Distribution, Storage and Advertisement) Bill, 2019, seeks to replace the ordinance issued on September 18.
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Bill to replace ordinance banning production, sale of e-cigarettes introduced in LS
India | Nov 23, 2019, 07:47 AM ISTA bill to ban the production, import and sale of electronic cigarettes and similar products were introduced in the Lok Sabha on Friday. The Prohibition of Electronic Cigarettes (Production, Manufacture, Import, Export, Transport, Sale, Distribution, Storage and Advertisement) Bill, 2019, seeks to replace an ordinance issued on September 18.
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Smoking e-cigarettes can cause chronic 'popcorn lung' condition
Health | Nov 21, 2019, 04:23 PM ISTIn yet another serious health alert on e-cigarette use, researchers have documented first-ever case of a new form of damage from vaping products in a youth which is similar to "popcorn lung," a condition seen in workers exposed to food flavouring fumes in microwave popcorn factories.
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Home Ministry asks states to enforce ban on e-cigarette
India | Nov 20, 2019, 02:51 PM ISTThe Prohibition of Electronic Cigarettes Ordinance, 2019 was promulgated on September 18 for banning the production, sale and purchase of electronic cigarettes in the interest of public health. Sections 4 and 5 of the ordinance provide for the prohibition of e-cigarettes while sections 7 and 8 prescribe the punishment for contravention of the provisions.
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California sues largest manufacturer of e-cigarettes
World | Nov 19, 2019, 10:41 AM ISTE-cigarettes are facing increasing restrictions in the US, with prohibitions on the local and state level and the threat by President Donald Trump to prohibit marketing the products on the national level.
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Parliament session: Tax, e-cigarette ordinances to be replaced
Business | Nov 17, 2019, 11:10 AM ISTThe government will also present a half-yearly review of the trends in receipts and expenditure in relation to the budget at the end of the first half of the Financial year 2018-2019 under sub-section (1) of Section 7 of the Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act, 2003, the list stated.
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Haryana Police launches month-long drive against e-cigarettes
India | Nov 10, 2019, 04:21 PM ISTThe Haryana Police on Sunday launched a month-long special drive to keep a check on the availability and usage of e-cigarettes and all other forms of electronic nicotine delivery systems across the state, DGP Manoj Yadava said.