The Lesser Evil? Evaluating E-cigarettes Consumption

Are e-cigarettes really the safer alternative? The Indian public health consensus seems to be: not quite. "Ban e-cigarettes" was the unambiguous science-based recommendation made by a 31-member committee reporting to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare early in 2018 (Kandhari 2018). Five states – Punjab, Karnataka, Jammu and Kashmir, Bihar and Mizoram – already have blanket bans in place on …