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| PIL for allowing e-cigarettes in J&K | | HC grants more time to Govt to respond | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Mar 13: The state High Court has granted government one more opportunity to file counter affidavit to a petition, seeking court's directions to allow sale and usage of e-cigarettes in the state.
"One more opportunity is sought by the respondents to file their counter affidavit to this petition. Let the same be positively filed within four weeks, as prayed," said a division bench of Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice Tashi Rabstan and posted the PIL on April 9.
The PIL has been filed by one Mushtaq Ahmed Shah, seeking directions to the authorities to allow the use and sale of Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (ENDS) or e-cigarettes, if necessary by framing necessary regulations for this purpose.
He pleaded for a committee to be constituted to conduct a proper research and analysis of ENDS and thereafter formulate rules and regulations for use and sale of ENDS.
Shah states that the conventional cigarette smoking can easily be eradicated by making use of e-cigarettes which has less harmful effects as compared to tobacco products.
He further states that to enable cigarette smokers like him to switch over to safer methods of nicotine consumption, with overall objective of achieving de-addiction, the usage of e-cigarettes is seen a first step. |
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