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by vvani 2470 days ago
It matters because it tells you what the actual intentions of the government are. There is a massive cigarette/tobacco lobby that might have influenced the decision since e-cigarettes were eating into their profits. Tobacco farmers had previously petitioned [1] the government to ban e-cigarettes.

[1] https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/ban-e-cigarettes-save-...