Banning e-cigarettes an ego issue for govt: Consumers body

Issued as the ENDS ordinance was reportedly about to be tabled before the Cabinet, condemning the move as prioritising government ego over pragmatic policy — Samrat Chowdhery noted two High Courts had already stayed state-level bans, and that the government had gone as far as banning research into e-cigarettes while permitting research into cannabis. Cites a recent appeal from roughly 3,300 vapers directly to the Prime Minister against the ban.