Lok Sabha Passes Bill to Ban e-cigarettes

New Delhi: A Bill to ban e-cigarettes was passed in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday with voice vote after the government raised the issue of health hazards like cancer.

Replying on the debate over the Prohibition of Electronic Cigarettes (Production, Manufacture, Import, Export, Transport, Sale, Distribution, Storage, Advertisement) Bill, 2019, which resumed on Wednesday, Union Minister Harsh Vardhan said the product was very harmful for the health of the people.

The discussion over the Bill began on Tuesday after the Minister moved it for consideration and passing.

Rejecting the claims of the opposition parties, the Minister said that e-cigarette was "less harmful, but it does not mean that it is not harmful". (IANS)

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