From a wisp of smoke hanging inside Parliament to a denser form near its entrance, and to a thicker envelope of smog threatening citizens' health, lawmakers may finally address health concerns that are, inadvertently or not, ignored.

A complaint over the wisp of smoke could may well be credited to take a larger space to address wider health concerns -- in Parliament and outside.

Many Indian cities face a chronic air‑quality emergency driven by seasonal crop fires, vehicle and industrial emissions, construction dust and worsening meteorology.

Speaking in Parliament on Thursday, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Anurag Thakur called the attention of the Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla to a Trinamool Congress Parliamentarian smoking e-cigarette.

Incidentally, its use in India is banned under law

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