An umbrella body of traders promoting electronic cigarettes and similar devices has sent a representation to a parliamentary panel, countering arguments put forth by the Health Ministry to ban alternative smoking devices.
Trade Representatives of ENDS (TRENDS) said it has sent a representation, along with relevant documents, to Parliamentary Standing Committee on Health chairman Ram Gopal Yadav and 30 other members.
TRENDS has urged the committee members to consider all evidence and ground realities, which, it claimed, will "sooner or later" make it difficult for the government to defend the ban.
Convenor of TRENDS Praveen Rikhy said, "We are deeply concerned with a multitude of erroneous statements, misrepresentation and misinterpretation of Indian and global data, especially that from the US, from the health minister to justify the ban of e-cigarettes in India."
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