Market & regulatory data for the vapour sector India

What’s in store for 2024? A look at expected regulation in the year ahead

Written by Freddie Dawson | 2nd January 2024

Further regulatory restrictions on e-cigarettes are expected, but these will not prevent the global vaping market from continuing to grow in 2024, ECigIntelligence predicts ...

Bangladesh budget proposes spike in taxes to get harm down and revenue up

Written by ECigIntelligence | 12th June 2023

The Bangladeshi government’s latest annual budget proposal lists a substantial rise in the taxation of nicotine products, including a certain category of cigarettes, e-cigarette devices and even cigarette paper ...

Man on a mission to counter ‘nicotine illiteracy’ and aid smokers everywhere

Written by Lorraine Mullaney | 19th May 2023

Taking nicotine out of a tobacco context and inspiring confidence in the role it can play in harm reduction is the goal of Sudhanshu Patwardhan, medical director at the UK Centre for Health Research and...

Health, environment damage: e-cigs and vaping products 'are not the solution'

Written by Freddie Dawson | 3rd June 2022

Next-generation tobacco products such as e-cigarettes and smokeless tobacco alternatives are not the solution to damage caused by the tobacco industry to both public health and the environment, according to speakers at a World Health...

World No Tobacco Day 2020: the debate about harm reduction

Written by David Palacios Rubio | 31st May 2020

World No Tobacco Day provides an opportunity to consider the approach that public health authorities, policymakers, and advocates around the world have towards the role of tobacco-alternatives products ...

India puts e-cigarette and heated tobacco ban out to public consultation

Written by Marija Obradovic | 26th October 2019

Following the ordinance banning e-cigarettes and heated tobacco, the Indian government is moving forward by drafting a bill which must be approved by parliament reaffirming its effects ...

Court grants breathing-space to e-cig firms challenging India’s ban

Written by Marija Obradovic | 9th October 2019

An Indian judge has granted interim relief, allowing two vaping companies to keep their e-cig stocks pending the adoption of a ban on the production, distribution, import and sales of e-cigarettes nationwide ...

India: the axe falls, with nationwide e-cig ban taking immediate effect

Written by ECigIntelligence | 18th September 2019

The Indian government has imposed a nationwide ban on e-cigarettes. All production, manufacture, storage, import, export, sale, transport, distribution and advertising of e-cigs is prohibited immediately ...

India faces tough nationwide ban within days on all e-cigs and HnB

Written by ECigIntelligence | 27th August 2019

The Indian government is to introduce a fully-fledged ban on e-cigarettes across the country through an executive order that could come into force within days ...

Indian court rules against Maharashtra e-cig seizure

Written by ECigIntelligence | 12th August 2019

Indian tobacco and e-cig manufacturer Godfrey Phillips India Limited (GPI) won a reprieve after an Indian court prevented the Maharashtra state government from taking action against the company ...

India moves towards clamping down on e-cigarettes under drugs law

Written by ECigIntelligence | 24th June 2019

An Indian government body has taken a crucial step towards curbing the sale, import and distribution of e-cigarettes by classifying them as drugs ...

Indian court holds off national ban, but states press on with prohibition

Written by ECigIntelligence | 27th May 2019

Several states in India are pressing ahead with e-cig bans, despite a court judgement preventing the national government insisting on total prohibition of vaping products ...

India’s trade ministry says there’s ‘no legal basis’ to ban e-cig imports – yet

Written by Marija Obradovic | 11th April 2019

The Indian trade ministry has said there is no legal basis for prohibiting e-cig imports, and is reported to have asked the health ministry to prepare legislation that will have that effect ...

High Court judge puts off Indian e-cig ban pending further hearing in May

Written by Marija Obradovic | 19th March 2019

The Delhi High Court has granted interim relief to e-cigarette vendors in India, delaying until 17th May the effects of a government circular calling for a nationwide ban on vaping products ...

India aims to ramp up Information Technology Act to block e-cig promotion

Written by Marija Obradovic | 27th December 2018

New changes to the Information Technology Act aim to block any information on the internet promoting e-cigarettes to residents of India. This week, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) proposed an amendment to the...

Now Indian government tells customs to seize all e-cig and HnB imports

Written by Marija Obradovic | 27th November 2018

Two weeks after the Delhi High Court decided that an advisory banning e-cigarettes was not binding on India’s states, the national government has issued a new notice calling on customs officers to seize imports ...

Study reveals just how much world press accentuates the negative

Written by Barnaby Page | 12th November 2018

Media coverage of ENDS around the world is much more likely to be negative than positive, and to focus on health effects rather than e-cigs’ use in smoking cessation, a new study suggests ...

More state bans loom for India’s beleaguered e-cig industry

Written by ECigIntelligence | 23rd July 2018

The e-cigarette crackdown in India has continued with new bans proposed in the southern state of Tamil Nadu and the northern state of Rajasthan ...

‘Make your voice heard’ as India and South Africa mull over regulation

Written by Freddie Dawson | 18th July 2018

Members of the e-cigarette industry in South Africa and India, or looking to do business in those countries, have been urged to submit comments to the various bodies preparing legislation there ...

India preparing for nationwide clampdown on nicotine vapes

Written by ECigIntelligence | 24th May 2018

The government of India appears to be very close to taking action against nicotine e-cigarettes – “regulating, including banning, the manufacture, import, sale and any kind of trade in nicotine” or devices that enable its...

New court-ordered ban highlights legal complexities in India

Written by ECigIntelligence | 13th April 2018

A new court order reinforcing e-cigarette bans in the Indian states of Haryana and Punjab underlines the complexity of enforcement in a country where restrictions on vapour products have been slowly accumulating for...

Nicotine ‘more dangerous than drink’ according to survey respondents

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp | 21st March 2018

More than half of US consumers wrongly believe that using nicotine every day is more dangerous than drinking every day, according to a new global survey from the Foundation for a Smoke-free World (FSFW) ...

Indian state of Bihar bans nicotine-containing e-cigs and e-hookahs

Written by ECigIntelligence | 1st March 2018

Bihar has become the latest Indian state to place a blanket ban on all forms of e-cigarettes and related items, joining at least five others ...

Youthful optimism among Indian entrepreneurs over growing market

Written by ECigIntelligence | 9th November 2017

The optimism of a young entrepreneur in India's growing e-cigarette sector stands counter to some of the gloom surrounding rumours for regulation of the market ...

Federal and state interventions led to late cancellation of Vape Expo India

Written by ECigIntelligence | 12th October 2017

A last-minute court hearing led to India’s first planned Vape Expo being called off just three days before the event was due to begin ...

Jammu and Kashmir becomes the fifth Indian state to ban e-cigarettes

Written by ECigIntelligence | 28th September 2017

Jammu and Kashmir has become the fifth Indian state to ban e-cigarettes, following pressure from the World Health Organization (WHO) ...

Underground or online, the Indian vaping market is slowly growing

Written by ECigIntelligence | 11th July 2017

Unclear regulation means most e-cigarette sales in India are conducted in a grey area, either through discreet physical stores or – more frequently – in a still small but growing online market ...

Convicted Indian e-cig seller could wait years for appeal to be heard

Written by ECigIntelligence | 8th May 2017

An Indian man convicted of selling e-cigarettes is out on bail awaiting an appeal and using that time to get on with his...

E-cig tax in doubt as India's tobacco trade looks forward to regime change

Written by ECigIntelligence | 19th December 2016

India's wide-ranging national tax reforms will considerably reduce the tax on tobacco in some states – good news for the country's tobacco industry, but not necessarily for its struggling e-cigarette...

Unsure on e-cig policy, Indian federal government asks states to regulate

Written by ECigIntelligence | 16th November 2016

The Indian government led by prime minister Narendra Modi has told the country’s component states to deal with e-cigarettes as the federal administration remains undecided on how to handle the matter....

WHO stands firm on e-cigs, urges nations to consider prohibition

Written by Barnaby Page | 15th November 2016

The World Health Organization (WHO) showed no signs of softening in its attitude toward reduced-risk products as its biannual tobacco control conference came to a close in...

WHO discusses ENDS, continues taking fight to tobacco industry

Written by ECigIntelligence | 10th November 2016

As the third day of the World Health Organization’s seventh Conference of the Parties (COP7) came to a close in India, the WHO was busy pushing for all loopholes to be closed in article 5.3...

WHO criticised for closed-door talks as COP7 gets underway

Written by ECigIntelligence | 8th November 2016

Amid protests from local farmers, the seventh session of the Conference of Parties is underway in New Delhi with a focus on the illegal tobacco trade and Electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) - which the...

Survey finds low usage in Philippines and India

Written by Freddie Dawson | 2nd November 2016

A new survey has found differing levels of awareness and e-cig use in the Philippines and India but neither market has really developed for vaping products as yet....

India bans e-cigarettes from checked baggage and in-flight use

Written by Freddie Dawson | 31st October 2016

India has become the latest country to ban the presence of e-cigarettes in check-in baggage as well as explicitly ban their use on-board aircraft. ...

Bidis and illegal tobacco add up to an unusual challenge in India

Written by Barnaby Page | 4th October 2016

India’s largely undeveloped e-cigarette market has growth potential, but tobacco remains cheap and highly competitive, with a significant black...

New Kerala rule means e-cig bans now apply to 20% of Indians

Written by Barnaby Page | 4th July 2016

Kerala has become the fifth Indian state to ban e-cigarettes, only a few weeks after neighbouring Karnataka did...

Framework Convention “ignores its own harm reduction principles”

Written by Barnaby Page | 23rd June 2016

The World Health Organization’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) has been accused of ignoring its own founding document in taking a stance against e-cigarettes, as well as neglecting the governance principles of its...

Third Indian state bans e-cigs, citing youth addiction

Written by Barnaby Page | 21st June 2016

The Indian state of Karnataka has become the third to ban e-cigarettes. It follows Maharahstra and Punjab in what appears likely to become a subcontinental trend, as India’s tobacco control tightens and grave concerns about...

WHO report on e-cigs to be presented at COP7 conference

Written by Barnaby Page | 6th June 2016

Tobacco control leaders from around the globe will be presented with the latest findings of the World Health Organization (WHO) on e-cigarettes and public health at a meeting in India this...

Three-year prison sentence for Indian e-cigarette seller

Written by Barnaby Page | 16th April 2016

An Indian shopkeeper is facing three years in jail for selling...

Singapore’s new e-liquid ban: part of a growing Asian trend?

Written by Freddie Dawson | 18th June 2015

Singapore is to ban e-liquids as part of a wider move to end the importation, sale and use of alternatives to combustible...

Filipino legislators propose gentle restrictions on e-cigs

Written by Barnaby Page | 23rd April 2015

E-cigarette regulation is back on the agenda in the Philippines with a proposal to add novel nicotine delivery products to the country’s relatively easy-going tobacco...

In depth: the e-cig industry’s strengths and weaknesses

Written by Barnaby Page | 24th December 2014

The e-cig industry is driven by rapidly growing consumer demand, splintered by diverse technologies, threatened by regulation, and niggled at by medical doubts. So the team at ECigIntelligence has drafted a SWOT analysis for the...

Punjab reaffirms its prohibition of “harmful, lethal” e-cigs

Written by Barnaby Page | 8th December 2014

The Indian state of Punjab has reiterated its ban on the manufacturing and sale of nicotine-containing...

Coming soon: tougher smoking restrictions for 2.6bn people

Written by Barnaby Page | 28th November 2014

The two largest countries in the world are preparing to launch strict anti-tobacco regulation which could open up huge markets for e-cigarettes or squash them at a hardly-developed stage....

Indian health minister backs complete ban on e-cigarettes

Written by Barnaby Page | 29th October 2014

India’s national health minister has called for an outright ban on...

ITC targets affluent, aspiring Indians with its first e-cig

Written by Barnaby Page | 15th August 2014

India’s main tobacco cigarette supplier has launched its first e-cig in two major cities, with the promise of a national rollout to...

India’s ITC has e-cigs lined up, awaiting government decision

Written by Barnaby Page | 2nd August 2014

India’s dominant tobacco company is encouraging the government to develop policy on e-cigarettes, and is ready to bring products to market once a regulatory framework is in place, its chairman has...

India advised: you can’t control e-cigarettes, so ban them

Written by Barnaby Page | 7th July 2014

India should prohibit e-cigarettes because it cannot effectively enforce regulation of them and its young population is vulnerable to the industry’s enticements, according to two health...

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