Consumers, industry to contest proposed national vape ban

AVI’s release on a Delhi High Court hearing in the Seema Sehgal PIL (see this site’s Litigation page), reporting the central government’s disclosure in court that it intended to ban e-cigarettes despite the petitioner having asked only for regulation — with the bench remarking it seemed odd to ban e-cigarettes while leaving tobacco cigarettes unbanned. Quotes AVI director Samrat Chowdhery committing to contest the ban.