The ban on vaping announcement by Finance Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman, will have a marginal impact on the sale of the product, with the whole selling infrastructure going underground, says the Association of Vapers India (AVI).
바카라Which ban has worked in India?바카라 Asks Samrat Chowdhery, Director of AVI, asserting that marijuana has been banned in India for decades, yet the country is the largest consumer of the banned drug in the world. The government has taken a decision to ban vaping 바카라only to help the cigarette industry,바카라 he told Outlook over the phone. He said vaping is far less harmful than cigarettes and was 바카라saving the lives of many youngsters in the country who have been impressing upon to give up smoking.바카라
He said that 60 countries, including the United Kingdom and the United States, have not thought of banning vaping 바카라even though they are more conscious바카라 of their citizens바카라 health. 바카라Why has the government not thought about banning cigarettes which kill about 13.5 lakh people in this country? he asks.
Vaping is deemed to be 바카라less harmful바카라 than cigarettes as it does not burn tobacco but heats the liquid chemicals into a vapour or steam that a person inhales. Chowdhery said that the government could have thought of regulating the sector, instead of an outright ban. By this step, it would allow spurious manufacturers to thrive thus affecting the health of vapers. Some may be tempted to go back to cigarettes, he added.
He says there are about 13 lakh vapers in India at present. 바카라They have all been weaned away from killer cigarettes to a better alternative.바카라 Earlier, a Euro Monitor assessment had put the users in India at 6.5 lakh in 2016-17.
On Tuesday, the Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) had opposed the government바카라s professed move on vaping. "A complete ban will encourage smuggling and lead to revenue loss for the government. We are, therefore, of the view that e-cigarettes should not be banned and instead rules and regulations be made for its sale," CAIT National Secretary General Praveen Khandelwal said. According to CAIT estimates, there are some 4.5 lakh vendors of vaping devices and refills.
According to a review study on vaping by the Journal of Cancer Clinical Trials in December last year, there are about 75 companies supplying e-cigarettes through online sales but there is no brand in India which manufactures the product, though usage is 바카라more common in adolescents바카라.
The study, which called for longer-period study on the safety of the vaping devices, said e-cigarette devices were manufactured mainly in China when it was launched in 2007. There are over 466 brands and 7,764 flavours with about 242 flavours being added every month. A single disposable e-cigarette ranges from $6 to $12 (Rs 390-Rs 782) and pre-filled cartridges starter kits usually range around $40 to $60 (Rs 2600-Rs 3900), the study says.
