India bans e-cigarettes as global vaping backlash grows

Ban follows vaping-related deaths in US, with punishment including up to a year in prison

India has announced a ban on electronic cigarettes, as a backlash gathers pace worldwide about a technology promoted as less harmful than smoking tobacco.

The announcement by India on Wednesday came a day after New York became the second US state to ban flavoured e-cigarettes following a string of vaping-linked deaths.