Regulating the use e-cigarettes by government provides viable alternative choice to tobacco users rather than consider banning it. Do you agree with this view? Substantiate (200 Words)
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Santosh kulkarni 6 years
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IAS Parliament 6 years
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IAS Parliament 6 years
KEY POINTS
· India’s tobacco problem is a cause of concern—the number of tobacco users has crossed 267 million, and five people die due to tobacco-related illnesses each minute.
· Smoke from cigarettes causes non-communicable diseases such as lung cancer, peripheral arterial disease, chronic obstructive lung disease and heart disease.
· Despite the availability of smoking-cessation medications, many smokers do not want to try them. Of those who use them, the majority either fail or relapse within a year.
· Countless efforts to reduce tobacco burden by means of taxation, stringent labelling requirements, etc, have lost the fight to control India’s rising number of smokers.
· Public health experts have recommended that smokers be encouraged to switch to lesser harmful substitutes.
· At the centre of the problem sits ‘tobacco addiction’. India needs a robust regulatory mechanism to make alternatives available to smokers.
· As per the available scientific evidence, it is clear that vaping is a fraction of the risk of smoking, at least 95% less harmful and of negligible risk to bystanders.
· Moreover, ban against an e-cigarette is not justifiable, when bidis and tobacco cigarettes are available at every nook and corner of our cities.
· The needs are satiated by the grey market, leading to unregulated usage, with unsafe options carelessly available.
· Restricting access to a viable alternative like e-cigarettes to people who already have full access to far more harmful conventional cigarettes, the argument is futile.
· Many nations have chosen to invest more in researching the public health impact of these devices and develop appropriate regulations for optimising its positive impact, instead of banning.
· It is crucial to consider the relative risks of e-cigarettes and conventional cigarettes while framing regulations. There is mounting scientific evidence to prove e-cigarettes are significantly less harmful than traditional cigarettes.
· It would be tragic to deny an alternative to millions of smokers. India needs to reassure its smoking population there are choices available with reduced harm.
Krish 6 years
Kindly evaluate sir
IAS Parliament 6 years
Try to add few more points in support of e- cigarette as an alternative choice. Keep Writing.
Sheetal 6 years
Review plz. Thank you.
IAS Parliament 6 years
Good attempt. Keep writing.
IAS Parliament 6 years
Good attempt. Try to include about disadvantages of conventional cigarettes and relate with advantage of e-cigarette. Keep Writing.
