{"id":32948,"date":"2023-01-29T02:01:50","date_gmt":"2023-01-28T20:31:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=32948"},"modified":"2025-04-19T17:22:43","modified_gmt":"2025-04-19T11:52:43","slug":"what-are-e-cigarettes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/what-are-e-cigarettes\/","title":{"rendered":"What are e-Cigarettes?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>What\u2019s in today\u2019s article?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Why in News?<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>What Exactly is an e-Cigarette?<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>How does an e-Cigarette Work?<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Are There Any Health Risks of Using E-Cigarette?<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>What is the Ethical Dilemma of Using E-Cigarettes?<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>News Summary with respect to the Use of e-Cigarettes in India<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Why in News?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>More than three years after e-cigarettes were banned in the country (in 2019), a recent medical study found that educated youth are leading the vaping (smoking) habit.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>What Exactly is an e-Cigarette?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>E-cigarettes are the most common form of <strong>Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems<\/strong> (ENDS), which are basically devices that do not burn or use tobacco leaves.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Instead, they <strong>vaporise a solution<\/strong> using a battery and this vapour is then inhaled by the user.<\/li>\n<li>The main constituents of the solution, in addition to nicotine, are <strong>propylene glycol<\/strong>, with or without glycerol and flavouring agents.<\/li>\n<li>While a faster, deeper puff increases nicotine delivery from a conventional cigarette, <strong>it might diminish it from e-cigarettes<\/strong> due to cooling of the heating element.\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>\n<strong>How does an e-Cigarette Work?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/vM4YeG3G6IMxYPOgoiM8ZF-W4BIjkh4MNFHZgOdBWRfCi7j0vsO-qdEdAjR3pmGVSJLErLWOGadf4dkfqabCi_OA-GCW4Opj5uV7xqz4JjS7Z676ZP82uPg62eleucl1j5uYsY36aJaLcG09qzXlnQ\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Image Caption: Working of e-Cigarette<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Are There Any Health Risks of Using E-Cigarette?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Once nicotine is used in the solution of an e-cigarette, <strong>the difference between it and a conventional cigarette blur.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The use of nicotine solutions (a highly addictive substance) in e-cigarettes underlines the fact that they can be<strong> equally addictive <\/strong>as conventional cigarettes.<\/li>\n<li>In terms of health risks, the <strong>power of an e-cigarette to deliver nicotine determines<\/strong> how dangerous its use can be.<\/li>\n<li>Despite not being a carcinogen, nicotine has the potential to<strong> stimulate tumour growth.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), some solutions in e-Cigarettes and emissions from them are considered to be &#8220;<strong>toxicants<\/strong>&#8220;.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>What is the Ethical Dilemma of Using e-Cigarettes?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>e-Cigarettes were introduced and popularised by forwarding the argument that they are effective in<strong> helping people quit smoking tobacco.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>However, there are<strong> no concrete large-scale studies<\/strong> to show their effectiveness in helping people quit smoking.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>\n<strong>News Summary with respect to the Use of e-Cigarettes in India<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the status of e-Cigarette use in India?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>In 2019, the central government informed Parliament that e-cigarettes w<strong>orth USD 1,91,781 were imported <\/strong>in India between 2016-16 and 2018-19, mostly from China, US, Hong Kong and Germany.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Besides this, it estimates that between 2017 and 2018, e-cigarette use saw <strong>an increase of 78% <\/strong>among high school students and 48% among middle school students.<\/li>\n<li>The government of India through the Prohibition of Electronic Cigarettes (production, manufacture, import, export, transport, sale, distribution, storage and advertisement) Ordinance 2019,<strong> banned e-Cigarettes in India.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Any production, manufacturing, import, etc., shall be a <strong>cognisable offence<\/strong> in India, <strong>punishable with an imprisonment<\/strong> of up to 1 year\/fine up to Rs 1 lakh\/both for the first offence.<\/li>\n<li>India, <strong>where 65% of the population is under 35 years of age<\/strong>, is one of the few countries that has completely banned the sale of e-cigarettes.<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Highlights of the recent study on the use of e-Cigarettes in India<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Despite a ban<\/strong> in the country, <strong>educated youth<\/strong> (among 840 interviewed 23% had used) are among those who most used e-cigarettes.<\/li>\n<li><strong>E-cigarettes are available through online stores<\/strong> and even some local vendors.<\/li>\n<li>Just under two-thirds of those who were aware of e-cigarettes believed them to be harmful and to contain chemicals.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong>Among non-users<\/strong>, 31% were curious about using e-cigarettes, and 23% intended to use them in the following year, indicating<strong> high levels of susceptibility.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>\n<strong>What needs to be done to reduce uptake of e-Cigarettes?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Greater education about harms associated with vaping and more intensive monitoring and enforcement could assist in reducing uptake in relatively high-prevalence groups such as educated adults.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong>Q1) Why did India ban e-cigarettes?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>India, where 65% of the population is under 35 years of age, is one of the few countries that has completely banned the sale of e-cigarettes in 2019. In 2019, e-cigarettes worth USD 1,91,781 were imported in India. Besides this, between 2017 and 2018, e-cigarette use saw an increase of 78% among high school students and 48% among middle school students.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Q2) Why e-Cigarettes are considered harmful?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Once nicotine is used in the solution of an e-cigarette, the difference between it and a conventional cigarette blur. The use of nicotine solutions makes it equally addictive as conventional cigarettes. Despite not being a carcinogen, nicotine has the potential to stimulate tumour growth.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Source:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/educated-youth-leading-use-of-e-cigarettes-finds-study\/articleshowprint\/97409196.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong><u>Educated youth leading users of e-Cigarettes, finds study<\/u><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatoday.in\/india\/story\/what-are-e-cigarettes-why-have-they-been-banned-1600452-2019-09-18\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong><u>India Today<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>VIDEO:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=r0gXp7oQBmQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=r0gXp7oQBmQ<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>E-cigarettes are a form of Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems which do not burn or use tobacco leaves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":32949,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-32948","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-mains-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32948","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32948"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32948\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}