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Doctors hail e-cigarettes ban, traders in shock
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SME Times News Bureau | 18 Sep, 2019
With the Union Cabinet directing a blanket ban on e-cigarettes in the
country with complete suspension of their manufacturing, import, export,
distribution and storage, physicians welcomed the step while
e-cigarette traders expressed shock and anger over the decision.
"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, told IANS.
Industry
body TRENDS which represents importers, distributors and marketers of
ENDS, or Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems in India, termed the
decision to ban e-cigarettes "ironic and erratic".
"This ban on
e-cigarettes on the basis of 'selective sourcing of scientific and
medical opinion' and without holding a single stakeholder meeting is
nothing short of a complete murder of democratic norms," said Praveen
Rikhy, Convenor, TRENDS (Trade Representatives of ENDS).
"All our
representations sharing best practices from other countries - 70
developed countries have allowed regulated sale of e-cigarettes, have
been completely ignored. We will now initiate a formal campaign to help
MPs understand the issue, clarify misapprehensions and misinformation
spread by lobby groups and support the farmer groups who see the growth
of the e-cigarette sector as a global market opportunity for nicotine,"
Rikhy said.
While e-cigarettes have been marketed as a way for
adults to quit conventional smoking, a recent outbreak of lung illness
associated with use of vaping products in the US has raised concerns
about the safety of these products.
The Donald Trump
administration on September 12 said that it plans to ban the sale of
non-tobacco-flavoured e-cigarettes in the US following six deaths linked
to vaping.
Health authorities have documented a total of 450
cases involving e-cigarettes, according to the US Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC), which issued a health warning against
vaping.
"I entirely support the idea of a ban on e-cigarettes; it
is a step in the right direction," Manoj Luthra, CEO, Jaypee Hospital
in Noida, told IANS.
"E-cigarettes have been projected as a means
to help people to quit smoking tobacco and also being non-polluting.
However, these have their own health hazards and are addictive as well.
These contain nicotine and other chemical vapours which will certainly
have ill effects on the heart and lung and other organs as well," he
said.
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