SHIMLA, Nov. 5 -- IN view of the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare's recent move to pass an ordinance to ban ecigarettes in India in the public domain for feedback, TRENDS, the voluntary association of Trade Representatives of ENDS in India - a group of importers, distributors, and marketers of the Electronic Nicotine Delivery System (ENDS) devices have urged the CM of HP to evaluate for himself what is in the best interests of citizens of the state.

TRENDS convener Praveen Rikhy said, "We would request you as the leader of Himachal Pradesh to ask the Central Government to allow your Health Department to conduct its own research and study so that a rational decision that benefits the maximum number of people, can be taken." She a...