Pic Source – Social Media New Delhi: The Union Health Ministry has sent notices to 15 websites selling e-cigarettes and directed them to stop selling and advertising the product. Official sources have given this information. Sources said that six more websites are also being monitored. He informed that the Ministry is also closely monitoring the sale and advertisement of e-cigarettes on social media and notices can also be given to them. An official source told a media agency that if they do not respond and follow the law, then the Health Ministry will write to the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology for action in this regard. Accordingly, legal action will also be taken against these websites. In the year 2019, the Electronic Cigarettes Prohibition (Production, Manufacture, Export, Import, Movement, Sale, Distribution, Storage and Advertisement) Act came into effect. The health ministry’s notice sent to these websites said. The official said that we have found that information related to illegal sale and online advertisement of e-cigarettes is being displayed, published, broadcast and shared on your platform, which is illegal under Section 4 of the Electronic Cigarette Prohibition Act. It states that in light of this, under Section 79 (3) (b) of the Information Technology Act 2000 and the government notification dated 15 November 2021, you are directed to terminate access to these and destroy evidence in any way Remove unmarked information.'(Agency)