From 1 February 2026: GST Compensation Cess removed New Excise Duty + Health & National Security Cess introduced GST reset 40% on cigarettes & smokeless tobacco, 18% on beedis Tax now calculated on Retail Sale Price, not under-reported values This reform reflects a shift from temporary compensation to permanent public health-oriented taxation
E-cigarettes use an aerosol, or vapor, to deliver nicotine into the lungs
We want to help people quit smoking and get into vaping, at any level of their vaping knowledge
Two fake cigarettes Realistic cigarettes that you blow out to make puffs has a speckled brown filter, a white middle with burnt-looking ends and shiny red tips covered in gray, ash-like particles
But the key component, irrespective of how different these products are, is that they do not contain the burning, which is the main source of smoking-related diseases