Tamil Nadu bans e-cigarettes

CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu government has passed an order banning the sale of e-cigarettes (electronic nicotine delivery system or ENDS) with immediate effect.
The health and family welfare department passed a government order (GO), dated September 3, banning e-cigarettes with immediate effect.
The government has banned manufacture, sale, distribution, trade, trade, marketing, import and possession of the electronic nicotine delivery systems.
It was a follow up of an announcement made by health minister C Vijay Baskar in the state assembly on June 14. The minister said, “The ads of electronic cigarettes claim that they will not cause any harm. The Tamil Nadu government has already banned chewable tobacco products. So, electronic cigarette will also be banned in the state.”