e-cigarette ban in India an alternate solution

 The Good move to ban e-cigarette in India.

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The next step should be complete ban of cigarettes and all tobacco products.

 India as a country will save  more money  in saved lives  and  decreased Healthcare expenditure  many times the  tax on tobacco revenue

 

No wonder Phillips Morris is spending lots of money in media to try and influence this decision

Speaking to media, Lindsay Mark Lewis, Executive Director and Board Member, Progressive Policy Institute (PPI) claimed that banning e-cigarettes would result into a big fatal for public health in India as these devices can help millions of smokers in India to quit smoking and also save bystanders from the dangerous smoke.

"It is necessary that e-cigarettes are kept in Indian markets, if you see some issues with excessive use then put in regulations like a minimum age of usage. But banning these products would end up giving a big blow to Indian economy and the public health," Lewis said. 

India’s 106 million adult smokers, second only to China, make it an attractive market for companies such as Juul, which had plans to launch its device in the country.
“As Juul, an e-cigarette giant, was entering India and would flood the Indian markets ... (the ban order) became all the more imminent and necessary,” the Health Ministry said in one of its court filings.
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There should be a strict medically supervised 3 or 4 month use of e-cigarette for those cigarette smokers trying to quit smoking.