The Health Ministry has launched an online portal (www.violation-reporting.in) to address the ongoing sale of e-cigarettes on e-commerce sites, despite their ban by the Union government in 2019. 

This portal aims to facilitate reporting of violations under the Prohibition of Electronic Cigarettes Act (PECA) and Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act (COTPA), which grants the Union government control over the electronic cigarettes industry. 

The Act defines electronic cigarettes as devices that heat a substance, with or without nicotine and flavors, to produce an aerosol for inhalation. 

Concerns about e-cigarettes include their addictive nature due to nicotine content, potential harm to brain development, and the harmful chemicals in e-cigarette aerosols.