E-cigarette ordinance regressive, will harm millions of smokers: Consumer body

AVI’s response to the ENDS Ordinance (PECA’s immediate predecessor), calling it “a black day” and alleging the government’s 28% stake in ITC as a conflict of interest. Quotes Samrat Chowdhery, Diwan Advocates partner Dr Farrukh Khan (“ultra vires to the constitutional framework”), pulmonologist Dr Bharat Gopal, and consumer Kanav Rishi Kumar. Notes 3,300 users had already written to the Prime Minister opposing the ban.