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The E‐cigarette ban in India—A step in the right direction?
Author(s) -
Vishal Rao Uchilla S.,
Arakeri Gururaj,
Ravishankar Sambhavi,
Kar Ankita,
Thakur Shalini,
Li Ryan J.,
Dhananjay KV,
Surya Tejaswi,
Chaturvedi Pankaj,
Gomez Ricardo S.,
Brennan Peter A.
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of oral pathology and medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.887
H-Index - 83
eISSN - 1600-0714
pISSN - 0904-2512
DOI - 10.1111/jop.13012
Subject(s) - electronic cigarette , government (linguistics) , environmental health , medicine , population , smoking cessation , tobacco in alabama , addiction , cigarette smoking , advertising , tobacco harm reduction , business , tobacco use , psychiatry , pathology , philosophy , linguistics
Electronic cigarettes (e‐cigarettes) are a popular method to help quit tobacco smoking. However, there is a paucity of data in the literature on their safety and efficacy. Recently, the Indian Government has called for a ban on all e‐cigarettes and taken steps to restrict access to vaping products from the market. This major decision was an attempt to safeguard the younger population from using e‐cigarette and their possible longer‐term addiction together with its promotions by domestic industries. In this article, we evaluate the role of e‐cigarettes to help stop smoking tobacco cessation and consider the factors that have facilitated the ban on e‐cigarettes in India.