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==India==

===2020 Oct 22 - [https://filtermag.org/india-vape-prohibition/?fbclid=IwAR2cEXYMigAm_4o0OJt9UtRf_EBzr4Uc7JdCuFgAPfUusPhTWV8ULtU9z9w The Unfolding Tragedy of India’s Vape Prohibition]===

*In 2019 India passed a ban on vapor products. The measure came with strict consequences. A first-time violation can lead to a year in prison, and a $1,400-equivalent fine; additional offenses can mean all the way up to five years in prison, and a $7,000 fine.

*The Indian government owns a significant stake in the nation’s largest tobacco company, ITC, and India itself is one of the biggest tobacco cultivators on the planet. So “if you want to fight Big Tobacco in India,” said Aryan Sharma, “you have to fight the government itself.”

*Meanwhile, supposed philanthropic savior and nicotine prohibitionist Michael Bloomberg, a financial backer of The Union, has also sought to influence tobacco control in India so much so that his charity has repeatedly been under investigation by Indian authorities.

*See Also: [https://theunion.org/news/the-union-congratulates-india-for-protecting-non-smokers-and-youth-by-passing-the-prohibition-of-electronic-cigarettes-act-2019 THE UNION CONGRATULATES INDIA FOR PROTECTING NON-SMOKERS AND YOUTH BY PASSING THE PROHIBITION OF ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES ACT 2019]

**The Union and partners began collaborating with Indian Ministries of Health at the national and state levels in 2013 to support the formulation of an e-cigarette position.

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 ==India==
+===2020 Oct 22 - [https://filtermag.org/india-vape-prohibition/?fbclid=IwAR2cEXYMigAm_4o0OJt9UtRf_EBzr4Uc7JdCuFgAPfUusPhTWV8ULtU9z9w The Unfolding Tragedy of India’s Vape Prohibition]===
+*In 2019 India passed a ban on vapor products. The measure came with strict consequences. A first-time violation can lead to a year in prison, and a $1,400-equivalent fine; additional offenses can mean all the way up to five years in prison, and a $7,000 fine.
+*The Indian government owns a significant stake in the nation’s largest tobacco company, ITC, and India itself is one of the biggest tobacco cultivators on the planet. So “if you want to fight Big Tobacco in India,” said Aryan Sharma, “you have to fight the government itself.”
+*Meanwhile, supposed philanthropic savior and nicotine prohibitionist Michael Bloomberg, a financial backer of The Union, has also sought to influence tobacco control in India so much so that his charity has repeatedly been under investigation by Indian authorities.
+*See Also: [https://theunion.org/news/the-union-congratulates-india-for-protecting-non-smokers-and-youth-by-passing-the-prohibition-of-electronic-cigarettes-act-2019 THE UNION CONGRATULATES INDIA FOR PROTECTING NON-SMOKERS AND YOUTH BY PASSING THE PROHIBITION OF ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES ACT 2019]
+**The Union and partners began collaborating with Indian Ministries of Health at the national and state levels in 2013 to support the formulation of an e-cigarette position.

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