Pratik is co-director of Association of Vapers India (AVI), a consumer-led nonprofit with no industry funding that defends the right of people who use tobacco to access harm reduction products. AVI aims to educate people about lower-risk options to give them the chance to lead healthier lives. Pratik himself gave up smoking with the help of vapes. He lives in Mumbai.
The first Indian state to ban vapes was Karnatataka, in 2016. The reason for this is that Karnataka, in the…