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Should Ministry of Health ban manufacturing and sale of Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (ENDS) popularly called E-cigarettes - result of an online poll
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Department of Health and Family Welfare, Punjab, India
 
 
Publication date: 2018-10-03
 
 
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Rakesh Gupta   

Department of Health and Family Welfare, Punjab, India
 
 
Tob. Induc. Dis. 2018;16(Suppl 3):A99
 
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Aim and objective:
E-cigarettes are highly addicting products. It is mostly being used by children and youth because these are glamorised by the tobacco industry. They are widely promoted and sold through E commerce. Sales are increasing sharply all over the world. These products are unapproved under Drugs and Cosmetics Act of India. Punjab, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala, Bihar, J&K, Mizoram etc. have already declared these products as unapproved for sale.

Methods:
An online poll to facilitate line of action by Government of India to deal with E-Cigarettes was conducted from 21/3/18 to 30/3/18. National and International public health specialists, State Nodal Officers National Tobacco Control Programme, health administrators, psychiatrists and eminent doctors were requested to participate in the online poll.

Results:
571 persons participated in the online poll. Out of these 364 people (63.75%) were in favour of banning the manufacturing and sale, 94 (16.46 %) in favour of regulating under Anti-Tobacco/ Nicotine Laws, 59 (10.33%) in favour of providing guidelines to manufactures for self-regulation and the rest 54(9.46 %) wanted it's sale to be regulated under Drugs and Cosmetics Act for Cessation purpose.

Conclusions:
An overwhelming majority of Public health specialists and others who participated in the online poll are of the opinion that Ministry of health should deal with growing menace of E-Cigarettes by banning the manufacturing and its sale. This line of action by the Government of India will open the way for other countries to declare these products as unapproved.

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