Vapers claim e-cigarette ban not based on any study, cite RTI reply

Coverage of AVI’s RTI finding that Karnataka’s 2015 ENDS ban circular was issued without any supporting study, quoting the Union health ministry’s Tobacco Control Division reply. Names Praveen Vijayan Pillai as the IT professional who filed the RTI, and oncologist Dr Vishal Rao (Karnataka Anti-Tobacco Cell) as citing studies for the ban — the same RTI reply this site’s RTI Replies page and the Karnataka litigation entry draw on.