Mothers Against Vaping backs Maliwal's Parliament intervention on vapes, e-cigarettes

New Delhi, Mothers Against Vaping has welcomed Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal's intervention in Parliament on the growing menace of vaping among children and adolescents and called for strict enforcement of India's ban on e-cigarettes and action against networks supplying them to minors. Maliwal.

These days, young school-going children are harming their health by considering vapes and e-cigarettes 'safe'. It is pushing children towards nicotine addiction and playing with their health, focus and future.

What Happened

All states should strictly enforce this ban. Schools, parents, police and local administration must work together to take immediate action against such networks.

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• MAV said collective action from Parliament and governments to schools, parents, law enforcement, healthcare professionals and society at large is required to ensure that India's children do not become the next generation of nicotine.

• We therefore cannot lose our next generation to designs of international addiction industry, seeking new markets.

Key Details

In a statement, MAV expressed its appreciation to Maliwal for bringing the issue of new-age nicotine products to Parliament and drawing attention to their growing accessibility and normalisation among the youth.

• MAV urged the government to hold social media and e-commerce platforms accountable for the promotion, sale or distribution of prohibited new-age nicotine products.

• It also urged vigilance against foreign vested interests seeking to expand these products among young Indians, stressing that the country's large youth population must not become a target market for new-age nicotine products.

• India's existing prohibition must be comprehensively enforced across the expanding range of nicotine products and devices, including e-cigarettes, ENDS, vapes, HTPs, heat-not-burn and other novel formats, MAV said.

Why It Matters

It said the issue was a matter of child safety, public health and the future of the country, requiring collective action from all groups of society.

• MAV believes that more Members of Parliament should come forward and support stronger action to protect India's children and adolescents.

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