Indian retailer sentenced to 3 years in jail (for possessing one e-cigarette and eight cartridges)

[Bill Godshall]

Indian retailer sentenced to 3 years in jail (for possessing one e-cigarette and eight cartridges)
http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/e-cigarette-seller-gets-3-year-jail-in-mohali/222736.html

 

[zoiDman]

Wow.

 

[Lessifer]

And we're fighting each other over diketone disclosure, label graphics, and warning labels. The world doesn't care if the shop clerk can't tell you if juice A is diacetyl free or not. The world is under the impression that e-cigs as a whole are as bad, if not worse, than cigarettes. We are losing this war. While we nit pick about how to make something that is 99.8% safer than smoking 99.9% safer, the world sees no difference.

 

[Rossum]

All I can do is shake my head.

 

[Ramsay Bolton]

Insanity!

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[Katya]

RIght. Because e-cigarettes are clearly the main danger the Indian society is facing today. Much more dangerous than lack of clean water and general sanitation, widespread disease, abject poverty, corruption, the caste system, terrorism, overpopulation, rape, crime and violence...

 

[Rossum]

RIght. Because e-cigarettes are clearly the main danger the Indian society is facing today. Much more dangerous than lack of clean water and general sanitation, widespread disease, abject poverty, corruption, the caste system, terrorism, overpopulation, rape, crime and violence...

They a a HUGE danger to the stream of revenue that tobacco taxes bring in!

 

[Katya]

They a a HUGE danger to the stream of revenue that tobacco taxes bring in!

Isn't India the second (after China) largest producer of liquid nicotine, though?

 

[Rossum]

Isn't India the second (after China) largest producer of liquid nicotine, though?

I'm not sure which one is first and which one is second, but yes, those are the big two.

 

[tippi771]

This article is a little more detailed:

E-Cigarette seller from Mohali Punjab punished under Drugs and Cosmetics Act | City Air News


"After attending the World Lung Conference 2014 in Barcelona,
the former Union Health minister announced that e-cigs will be banned in India"

Its came slow but it came..

 

[Mazinny]

This article is a little more detailed:

E-Cigarette seller from Mohali Punjab punished under Drugs and Cosmetics Act | City Air News
"After attending the World Lung Conference 2014 in Barcelona,
the former Union Health minister announced that e-cigs will be banned in India"

Its came slow but it came..

It may seem harsh on the surface, but as the good doctor ( Rakesh Gupta ) stated in the article, " It is a proven fact that that E- Cigarettes are even more addictive and harmful than normal cigarettes."

It is so reassuring that the state of " Punjab has shown the way to entire country/world to end the ‘ENDS’- "

Unbelievable !

 

[Woofer]

Coming to a state near you?

 

[Lessifer]

FDA: We don't want to ban e-cigs
vapers: Your lies are causing e-cigs to be banned around the world
FDA: oops... um, tobacco is bad!

 

[skoony]

If the proposed regulations are as harsh as some of us believe it will be
interesting to see what the FDA's reasoning will be.
Will they cite studies from the good Doctor F., or this guy?,Rakesh Gupta.
Regards
Mike

 

[grandmato5]

 

[WattWick]

Now that's pretty extreme. In a perfect world, this Gupta poisoner guy would be jailed indefinitely. Poisoning minds. Poisoning politics. Tricking people into poisoning themselves. Evil man.

 

[YoursTruli]

India is the 2nd largest producer and exporter of tobacco in the world.
That's a whole lot of incentive to ban and spread misinformation about e-cigarettes.