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Tuesday, January 27, 2026
TopicE-cigarettes

Topic: E-cigarettes

Lighting up debate: AIIMS distances self from oncologists calling for review of e-cigarette ban

Experts say even manufacturers don’t claim e-cigarettes are cessation devices, and no amount of ‘harm reduction’ rhetoric can obscure evidence that these devices inflict serious damage.

Australia to tighten e-cigarette laws in biggest crackdown on tobacco industry in over a decade

The federal government will take action to restrict flavours, colours, and nicotine levels while outlawing all disposable vapes and the import of non-prescription vapes.

Famous for paans, infamous for run-ins with cops — Mumbai’s Muchhad Paanwala in trouble again

On Thursday, Shivkumar Tiwari, a co-owner of the business, was arrested on the charge of selling e-cigarettes. But this isn’t the first time its owners have courted trouble.  

India’s vaping ban is failing. Parents, schools, activists unite to corner govt

India's youth is in the grip of banned vape. And the police and judges ask 'what's an e-cigarette'.

US startup seeks FDA nod for RespiRx, an inhaler that can help one quit smoking

Triggered by breathing, the RespiRx also emulates the hand-to-mouth experience of a cigarette — which may prove to be a notable advantage over gums or patches.

Blanket vaping ban could do more harm than good to smokers, say experts

Paper published in Science journal says rushed blanket ban on e-cigarettes takes away a powerful tool from smokers trying to quit the habit.

Something is not right, says e-cigarette traders body as it starts campaign against ban

Modi govt in September issued an ordinance to ban the use, sale, manufacture, distribution and advertisement of e-cigarettes in India.

Scientists are working hard to dismiss the anti-vaping argument

Vaping advocates, some of whom are backed by groups with industry ties, are trying to undermine research questioning the safety of e-cigarettes.

When CM B.S. Yediyurappa smelt a rat in Karnataka Vidhana Soudha

Pre-Truth — snappy, witty and significant snippets from the world of politics and government.

Toxic chemicals and not fatty substances are responsible for vaping-related lung damage

The results, based on lung biopsies of 17 US patients, may help investigators narrow the long list of suspects in the mysterious outbreak that has killed at least 12.

On Camera

Governors walking out, agencies blocked—how to fix fraying Centre-state ties

From Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and Karnataka to West Bengal, states are clashing with the Centre. Cooperative federalism needs revival.

RBI opens door to urban co-op bank licences after 2 decades. But high capital bar may shut most out

Proposal to restart licensing is welcome, but Rs 300-crore minimum capital requirement could mean only handful of credit societies qualify, say sector executives

From action near Myanmar to hand-to-hand combat in Kishtwar, meet this year’s gallantry award winners

Overall, President Droupadi Murmu has approved Gallantry awards to 70 armed forces personnel, including six posthumous, on the eve of 77th Republic Day.

Non-alignment is coming back in a new avatar: Trump-peedit alliance

No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.