NEW DELHI: During the period from April to November, 4.2 lakh e-cigarettes were seized, the government informed Parliament on Friday.
In a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha, Minister of State for Health Prataprao Jadhav said the Prohibition of Electronic Cigarettes (Production, Manufacture, Import, Export, Transport, Sale, Distribution, Storage and Advertisement) Act (PECA), 2019 was enacted by the government on December 5, 2019 to prohibit electronic-cigarettes and such other devices.
The same was communicated to all the states and Union territories for the implementation of the statute. According to the PECA, the sale of e-cigarettes and like devices are banned in the country.
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