India's Smoking Policy Fails to Offer Alternatives

India is trying to make people stop smoking by making cigarettes more expensive.

However, this approach isn't working well because people are just switching to cheaper and more harmful alternatives.

The government has also banned safer options like e-cigarettes, which makes it harder for people to quit smoking.

Countries like Sweden and the UK have successfully reduced smoking by offering safer alternatives and raising taxes.

India needs to learn from these examples and provide legal, regulated, lower-risk options to help smokers quit.

Without these options, raising taxes alone won't solve the problem and will harm workers in the tobacco industry.