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TopicE-cigarettes

Topic: E-cigarettes

PM Modi says e-cigarettes banned to prevent youth from falling into new way of intoxication

In his radio address 'Mann Ki Baat', PM Modi warned that e-cigarettes, which are used as 'fashion statement', are a new way of getting addicted to nicotine.

Vaping is a problem but banning it would be, too

The harm and toll from smoking tobacco cigarettes seems to have gotten lost in the alarm over vaping.

I’ve been working on economy, Nirmala Sitharaman replies to Kiran Mazumdar Shaw’s criticism

Sitharaman tweets regularly about her ministry’s achievements & her personal life, but rarely responded to criticism on her work as finance minister.

Govt has banned vapes, but owns 28% of ITC – India’s biggest cigarette maker

The Union government and state-owned companies together held a 28.64 per cent stake in ITC as of June end.   

These are the reasons behind Modi govt’s ban on e-cigarettes

The decision is based on a white paper released by the Indian Council of Medical Research, among others, that explained potential hazards of e-cigarettes.

As govt bans e-cigarettes, Twitter wonders why real tobacco products not prohibited

Some are supportive of the govt move, but many say the ban is hypocritical as tobacco products are still allowed.

Vaping ban an important public health intervention, but what about cigarettes and beedis?

ThePrint view on the most important issues, instantly.

E-cigarettes banned after Union Cabinet approves ordinance

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the Cabinet decided to ban the sale, production, and import of e-cigarettes as they pose health risk to people.

E-cigarettes or porn: Banning is always the Indian politician’s first response

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s move banning e-cigarettes will just push users towards the black market.

On Camera

Europe’s sanctions are not the moral compass it paints to be. Look at the EU’s own data

Three years into the war, Europe’s sanctions regime now resembles a policy of managed hypocrisy: Moral rhetoric for public consumption, exemptions for industrial preservation.

At Charcha 2025: Local entrepreneurship, not just big IT, will drive next wave of distributed AI work

While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.

IAF’s leased KC-135 lands in Agra, American firm’s pilots to man mid-air refueller

India’s refueller fleet comprises six Russian Ilushin-78 tankers, first inducted in 2003, which are facing huge maintenance and serviceability issues.

INDIA has a Congress-sized hole. And the fix begins with a little humility

Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.