KATHMANDU, April 5: Preparations are underway to ban e-cigarettes (vape) in Nepal. Information Officer of the National Health Education, Information and Communication Center, Dr Bhakta Bahadur KC, said preparations are underway to ban e-cigarettes in Nepal.

KATHMANDU, Feb 8: The high-level committee formed to investigate the nine-kg gold smuggling case through vape (electronic cigarettes) has recorded statements of former Speaker of House of Representatives (HoR) Krishna Bahadur Mahara, who is also Vice Chairman of CPN (Maoist Center).

KATHMANDU, Dec 28: Ayush Sharma (name changed), a young man from Chabahil, Kathmandu, first tried vaping (e-cigarettes) two years ago with a friend and quickly developed an addiction. Now a regular user, he admitted, "In the beginning, I was drawn in for the taste, and now it's a habit."

KATHMANDU, Oct 4: Police have arrested Lokendra Paudel, the driver of Dao Jin Wang, a Chinese national associated with a gold smuggling operation involving electronic cigarettes (vape).