India says e-cigarette ban implies use of devices also prohibited

Reuters report (Aditya Kalra) on a Kolkata court filing in which the Health Ministry argued personal use of e-cigarettes was implicitly banned alongside sale and manufacture, despite earlier official assurances to the contrary. Quotes Samrat Chowdhery of AVI: “This filing goes against the Health Ministry’s announcements that personal use is not banned” — he argued the ban order should carry an explicit personal-use exclusion.