India bans e-cigarettes as global vaping backlash grows

Agence France-Presse wire report on the ban’s announcement, republished by The Guardian, situating India’s move within a wider global vaping crackdown (New York’s flavour ban, the Trump administration’s flavour-ban plan, Singapore, Japan, China). Quotes AVI’s response in full: the ban “indicates it is more concerned about protecting the cigarette industry than improving public health.”