Association of Vapers India
For over ten years, AVI has been India's leading consumer advocacy voice for tobacco harm reduction — a group founded by former smokers who quit through vaping, working for the right of India's tobacco users, and of tobacco users across the Global South, to access lower-risk alternatives to combustible tobacco, backed by evidence and pursued within the law.
We work for smokers and the 200 million Indians who use smokeless tobacco. See what a decade of that work has looked like: ourlitigation record, ourpress coverage, andtestimonials from the people it has helped.
Current legal position
Electronic cigarettes have been banned in India under the Prohibition of Electronic Cigarettes Act, 2019 (PECA). Read what this means for you →
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From the evidence library
- Nicotine Without Smoke: Tobacco Harm Reduction— Royal College of Physicians, 2016