AVI

Bangladesh has done a course correction and is reversing its v**e ban imposed last year. If our neighbours can follow evidence, why are we still stuck with a policy that creates a huge black market and denies millions of smokers access to safer alternatives?
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India

Bangladesh government moves to lift ban on e-ci******es Anti-to***co campaigners urged the government to reconsider its decision, terming it “very unfortunate."

Facts matter.

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While va**ng is not risk-free, it is less harmful than to***co Answers to some of the most frequently asked questions about va**ng and its effects.

This progressive risk-proportionate taxation model could be applied to the ni****ne and to***co spectrum too, which is currently inverse, with the deadliest products least taxed and the least harmful ones banned.

To***co control's inglorious moment: they had the tools to address the largest cause of preventable death but chose to scare and misinform 1bn smokers over exaggerated youth use risks.

Va**ng is less harmful than smoking, experts say. Why don’t smokers know this? - Scienceline Some scientists think anti-va**ng public health messaging has failed current smokers.