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THE DAY IN PHOTOS: September 23, 2021

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 24 11:43 PM

Here are the day's top stories in photos. Read more »

321 pairs of footwear for 321 daily smoking deaths

Jire Carreon, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 24 03:14 PM

Anti-smoking campaigners place 321 pairs of footwear to represent the 321 deaths daily due to tobacco-related diseases. Read more »

Hong Kong school principals ask full e-cigarettes ban

Gigi Choy, Mimosa Ngai and Tony Cheung, South China Morning Post
Posted at Aug 10 01:03 PM

Head teachers call for use of new smoking products to be outlawed, fearing young children will move on to conventional cigarettes. Read more »

Mahigit P90 milyong 'pekeng' sigarilyo sinira sa Cebu

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 09 03:32 PM

Umabot sa mahigit P90 milyong halaga ng pekeng sigarilyo ang sinira ng Bureau of Customs sa lalawigan ng Cebu. Read more »

Barkada culture 'weaponized'?: The shared joy and despair of vaping among Pinoy youth

Jauhn Etienne Villaruel, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 21 07:57 PM

A medical anthropologist suggested that the multi-sensory experience of vaping was designed as a hook and "staging area" for a community to blossom. Read more »

Germany to ban cigarette street ads from 2022

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 19 03:59 AM

FRANKFURT - Germany will finally ban outdoor tobacco advertising from 2022, the parliament announced Friday, becoming the last country in the European Union to do so.  Read more »

E-cigarette maker Juul plans layoffs, Europe and Asia exit: report

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 03 03:35 PM

Troubled e-cigarette maker Juul plans to pull out of Europe and Asia and lay off more workers after already shedding a third of its workforce, the Wall Street Journal said Wednesday. Read more »

House panel approves bill regulating sale of vapes, e-cigarettes

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 31 11:12 AM

The House of Representatives Committee of Trade and Industry has approved a bill regulating the manufacture, sale and distribution of vapes, e-cigarettes and other electronic nicotine and non-nicotine delivery systems, a lawmaker said Monday. Read more »

Cigarette tax stamps down 59 percent during lockdown: DOF

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 11 03:12 PM

The total number of cigarette tax stamps issued by the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) during the lockdown of Metro Manila and other parts of Luzon fell by more than half, the Department of Finance (DOF) said Tuesday. Read more »

Trade chief backs ban of unregistered cigarette, alcohol online sellers

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 06 12:44 PM

Selling online of cigarettes, e-cigarettes and liquor by unregistered sellers should be banned to ensure minors will have no access to such goods, Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez said Monday. Read more »

Mahigit 200 kaha ng pekeng sigarilyo, nakumpiska sa Valenzuela

Arra Perez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 01 02:12 AM

Ayon sa Northern Police District (NPD) public information office, nagsagawa sila ng search operation sa gusali at nakumpiska ang nasa 259 kaha ng pekeng imported na sigarilyo at iba pang pekeng imported merchandise.  Read more »

New Zealand moves to ban vaping ads, sales to minors

Lidia Kelly, Reuters
Posted at Feb 23 10:48 AM

New Zealand's government said on Sunday it will introduce laws banning all advertisements of e-cigarettes and the sale of such products to people under 18 in a move to regulate a market that has been under pressure globally.  Read more »

UK bans e-cigarette ads on Instagram, other social media

Siddharth Cavale, Reuters
Posted at Dec 19 01:37 PM

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) investigated Instagram posts from BAT e-cigarette brand Vype, as well as rivals Ama Vape, Attitude Vapes and Global Vaping Group.   Read more »

Gov't seeks equal tax rate for vape, cigarettes: finance official

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 25 12:27 PM

A law that will raise taxes on cigarettes starting January 2020 needs to be amended to include a P45 excise tax on vape products depending on nicotine content, Finance Assistant Secretary Tony Lambino told DZMM. Read more »

‘Aarestuhin, pero 'di kakasuhan’: Banac sa mga mahuhuling gumagamit ng vape

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 23 09:42 AM

MAYNILA - Muling pinaalalahanan ng Philippine National Police (PNP) ang publiko na aarestuhin ang mga gumagamit ng vape sa pampublikong lugar pero hindi naman kakasuhan. Read more »

Duterte: No need to issue executive order on vaping ban

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 23 12:16 AM

MANILA (UPDATE)—President Rodrigo Duterte said Friday he no longer needs to issue an executive order to support his verbal ban on the public use and importation of e-cigarettes since the law already covers it. Read more »

Senators eye law 'highly regulating' e-cigarettes amid Duterte vaping ban

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 22 05:25 PM

At least two senators on Friday said they would push for the passage of bills that would "highly regulate" the sale of e-cigarettes in the country, especially after President Rodrigo Duterte issued a verbal order banning the use of vape in public areas. Read more »

Duterte jokes: I’ll have vape inventor killed

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 21 09:48 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday joked that he would have the inventor of e-cigarettes killed, days after he banned its use in public places. Read more »

Paggamit ng vape, ipinagbabawal na

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 21 06:43 PM

Ipinagbabawal na ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ang paggamit ng vape.  Inutusan niya rin ang pulisya at militar na dakpin ang mga mahuhuling nagbe-vape sa mga pampublikong lugar.  Read more »

Canadian vaping study details danger from 'popcorn lung' chemical

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 21 02:25 PM

A 17-year-old Canadian nearly lost his lungs after 5 months of intensive vaping, but the ingredient suspected of doing the damage, diacetyl, is different from the substance US authorities blame for dozens of deaths.   Read more »