E-cigarettes and vaping were in the news recently after BJP MP Anurag Thakur raised the issue of a Trinamul Congress MP allegedly smoking an e-cigarette in Parliament during the just-concluded winter session and lodged a written complaint with Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla.

The Prohibition of Electronic Cigarettes Act, 2019, bans the production, manufacture, import, export, sale, and distribution of vapes, but the law has proved ineffective as Chinese-made vapes are easily available in Indian metros amidst rampant smuggling through seaports and airports.

According to the latest annual report of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), seizure of e-cigarettes has gone up from 11,000 pieces in 2021-22 to a whopping........

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