Nirmala Sitharaman

India , the Cabinet has announced a ban on the manufacture, import and sale of electronic cigarettes say that they pose a risk to health.

An executive order has been approved vaping ban products, said because of their impact on Young People , Minister for Finance, Nirmala Sitharaman .

It is not clear whether The Order also prohibit the use of vaping equipment.

India has More Than smokers 100 million adults, so that there is a large potential market for e-cigarette companies.

"VAPE" - which involves the inhalation of a mixture usually composed of Nicotine , water -, solvent-and flavors - as an alternative to Smoking, which can stop to help you, but its health effects is not yet fully known.

The prohibition of imprisonment of up to three years for the perpetrators. Traditional tobacco products are not affected.

"It means that the production, manufacturing, import and export, sale, distribution and advertising of e-cigarettes are banned," Ms Sitharaman told a news conference.

She Said , the evidence from the United States and India proposed that some of the Young People saw "vaping" as a "style Statement ".

India is The World 's second largest consumer of tobacco products after China, and More Than 900,000 people die in the country each year from tobacco-related diseases.

supporters of vaping say it helps people to stop Smoking, and a ban would be an incentive, ex-to pick up Smoking, the habit again.

But India 's health Ministry, which proposed the ban says, it is to ensure, in the interest of the General public to "vaping", not an "epidemic" among the Young People .

While the Indian market-cigarette companies, such as Juul seemed ripe for the expansion of the popular e-she had not removed, as it is in the US or the UK.

Vapers in the USA, the UK and France spent More Than $10bn (£8bn) on smokeless tobacco and vaping products in the year 2018.

According to The World Health Organization, there has been a small but steady decrease in the estimated number of smokers worldwide to just over a billion

But it is another thing when It Comes to vaping.

The Number of vapers has grown rapidly - from around seven million in 2011, to 41 million by the year 2018.

the Market Research firm Euromonitor estimates that The Number of adults, the vape can reach nearly 55 million by 2021.

In the United States, where the potential health risks of e-cigarettes are in the foreground, there were 450 cases of lung disease tired of vaping this year. There are also at least six deaths in 33 States.

health-try investigators in the United States, in order to determine whether a toxin or a substance is, the behind the outbreak, or whether it is the result of heavy use.

India , the ban came A Day after New York became the second U.S. state to prohibit the use of flavored e-cigarettes. Critics of vaping say flavors appeal particularly to children and the risk you are addicted to Nicotine .

Source of news: bbc.com