A first-ever Indian study has found that Electronic Nicotine Delivery System (ENDS) also known as e-cigarettes pose much less a health risk than combustible cigarettes and could be an ideal tool to reduce or give up smoking. Published in the Indian Journal of Clinical Practice (IJCP) the study involving a systematic review of 299 published scientific literatures was conducted by Prof R.N. Sharan and his team from the North-Eastern Hill University Shillong. It compared the toxicities of nicotine other chemicals and metal ions produced during cigarette smoking and use of e-cigarettes. According to the team despite increasing awareness and regulatory