On February 22, 2019, the Directorate General of Health Services under the Central Government had requested the State licensing authorities to ensure that Electronic Nicotine Delivery systems (ENDS) including e-cigarettes, Heat-Not Burn devices, e-sheesha, e-Nicotine Flavoured Hookah etc that enable nicotine delivery are not sold, manufactured, distributed, traded, imported and advertised in their jurisdictions, except for the purpose and in the manner and to the extent, as may be approved by the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940.