India's new e-cigarette ban goes against its history of being a leader in harm reduction for Asia

Op-ed by Carrie Wade, Director of Harm Reduction Policy at the US-based R Street Institute, distributed through AVI’s channels — a guest voice rather than an AVI staff byline. Argues India’s ban breaks with its own history of harm-reduction policy (needle exchange, methadone) and separates the US “vaping illness” deaths from illicit THC vapes, not legal nicotine products. Date is approximate.