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E-cigarette promoters' body counters health ministry's arguments
India | Oct 10, 2019, 06:05 PM ISTAhead of the first meeting of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Health and Family Welfare on Friday, an umbrella body of traders promoting electronic cigarettes and similar devices, shared with it a counter to the health ministry's key arguments to ban alternative smoking devices.
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E-cigarettes can cause cancer, serious lung diseases: Study
Health | Sep 30, 2019, 02:34 PM ISTIn the latest study published in journal Scientific Studies, researchers from the College of California, Riverside, have discovered the presence of eleven heavy metals including aluminum, calcium, chromium, copper, iron, lead, magnesium, nickel, silicon, tin, and zinc in e-cigarettes.
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Vapers hold nationwide protest against ban on e-cigarettes
India | Sep 28, 2019, 08:24 PM ISTThe Association of Vapers India (AVI), an organisation that represents e-cigarette users, held protests in New Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Chennai.
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Ban on e-cigarette to quell new forms of nicotine addiction
India | Sep 27, 2019, 06:40 PM ISTIndia moved to ban e-cigarettes as these new products were undermining tobacco control efforts, and the new forms of nicotine addiction would have only raised the economic burden on the country.
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Monitoring platforms to ensure sellers don't offer e-cigarettes
India | Sep 19, 2019, 07:49 PM ISTThe government has issued an Ordinance to ban e-cigarettes, making the production, import, export, transport, sale or advertisements of such "alternative" smoking devices a cognisable offence attracting jail term and fine.
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Government issues ordinance to ban e-cigarettes
India | Sep 19, 2019, 10:30 AM ISTThe Government has issued an ordinance to ban e-cigarettes on Thursday. This will make the production, import, export, transport, sale or advertisement of such smoking devices an offence attracting jail term and fine.
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Banning e-cigarettes "historic" move: US-based advocacy group
India | Sep 19, 2019, 07:51 AM ISTThe government on Wednesday banned production, import and sale of e-cigarettes and similar products, citing health risk to people, especially youth.
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Doctors hail e-cigarettes ban, traders in shock
India | Sep 18, 2019, 06:49 PM IST"Although, e-cigarettes are little less lethal then the conventional cigarettes, we cannot shun away the fact that it contains harmful ingredients. These chemicals can potentially affect the lungs and overall health of the individual in the long run," Rajesh Chawla, Senior Pulmonologist at Indraprastha Apollo Hospital in New Delhi.
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Explained: E-Cigarettes banned in India. What it means
India | Sep 18, 2019, 04:41 PM ISTE-Cigarettes have been banned in India on health grounds. The key decision was taken at a Union Cabinet meeting on Wednesday.
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E-cigarettes banned in India, Union Cabinet decides in crucial meet
India | Sep 18, 2019, 04:41 PM ISTThe Union Cabinet on Wednesday gave approval to ban e-cigarettes in India. The production, manufacturing, import/export, transport, sale, distribution, storage and advertising related to e-cigarettes hereby stands banned.
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Union Cabinet may approve ordinance to ban e-cigarettes today
India | Sep 18, 2019, 08:17 AM ISTBanning alternative smoking devices like e-cigarettes, heat-not-burn smoking devices, vape and e-nicotine flavoured hookahs was among the key priorities of the first 100 days agenda of the Modi government in its second term.
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No e-cigarettes in India, govt may soon impose ban
India | Sep 10, 2019, 10:39 PM ISTTaking up a proposal from the Health Ministry, the Union cabinet may, in its meeting on Wednesday, approve an ordinance to ban manufacturing and sale of e-cigarettes.
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E-cigarettes industry appeals Gujarat CM to revoke ban
India | Jul 10, 2019, 07:46 AM ISTThe nascent e-cigarettes industry on Tuesday called upon the Gujarat Government to reconsider implementing legislation it had passed in the ongoing state Assembly banning electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) devices, stating that this was regressive given the international trends and unilateral.
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18 arrested during raid at illegal e-cigarette firm in Noida
India | Jul 08, 2019, 06:49 PM ISTThe illegal e-cigarette company, which transacted online, was unearthed during a joint raid by the Noida administration, the police and the district tobacco control cell around 1 pm, officials said.
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Govt decides to ban e-cigarettes, labelled them as drugs
India | Jul 03, 2019, 06:55 PM ISTThe sale of e-cigarettes in India is currently unregulated and the government has been considering banning the devices.However, under the current law governing tobacco products, the government cannot ban cigarettes but only regulate their sale.The government had reportedly set up a panel to look into how to ban e-cigarettes.
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San Francisco becomes first major US city to ban e-cigarette sales
World | Jun 26, 2019, 07:53 AM ISTBan on e-cigarette sales is a significant step as San Francisco is known for celebrating its marijuana culture.
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E-cigarettes relevant for all countries, every smoker: PMI
Business | Jun 25, 2019, 04:48 PM ISTAccording to WHO, more than 10 million people die each year due to tobacco use in India and there are about 120 million smokers in the country.
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E-cigarettes, other electronic smoking devices may soon be banned in India. Read full report
India | Jun 11, 2019, 07:48 PM ISTGoing tough on Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (ENDS), including e-cigarettes, the health ministry has proposed to classify such alternative smoking devices as "drugs" under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, in a bid to ban their manufacture, sale, distribution and import.
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E-cigarette use may increase heart disease risk: Study
May 28, 2019, 12:04 PM ISTThe severity of the damage, aspects of which occur even in the absence of nicotine, varies among popular flavours, the researchers said. Cinnamon and menthol were found to be particularly harmful.
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E-cigs no safer alternative than traditional smoking, says study
Health | Jan 31, 2019, 07:54 AM ISTIn addition, people who vape are twice as likely to also smoke traditional cigarettes as are those who do not vape.