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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 »

'Never mind the law': Duterte defends order to ban vaping

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 20 10:15 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte justified Wednesday his verbal order to the police to arrest anyone caught vaping or using e-cigarettes in public, saying it was meant to protect the health of Filipinos.   Read more »

Duterte bans vaping; orders arrest of vapers puffing in public

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 20 01:35 AM

President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday said he will ban the use of vapes or e-cigarettes in public, as well as the importation of such devices. Read more »

PH lawmaker wants to ban vaping in public places

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 18 09:22 PM

Herrera says it is important to regulate e-cigarettes in the same way that the Philippines regulates regular cigarettes. Read more »

House leader seeks to ban vaping in public places

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 18 04:13 PM

A party-list lawmaker filed on Monday a bill that seeks to ban vaping or the use of e-cigarettes in public places.   Read more »

Philippines confirms first case of vape-related illness

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 15 08:28 PM

The Philippines confirmed Friday its first reported case of an illness related to vaping or the use of e-cigarettes. Read more »

E-cigs may damage the heart, study says

Elizabeth Donovan, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 08 07:28 AM

Vaping devices and the chemicals they deliver -- increasingly popular among teens -- may damage the cardiovascular system, a study said Thursday, adding to a growing chorus of concern over injury and deaths related to e-cigarettes. Read more »

China calls for businesses to shut down e-cigarette online shops

Josh Horwitz, Reuters
Posted at Nov 01 08:05 PM

China's tobacco regulator on Friday issued a notice asking e-commerce platforms and businesses to shut online stores that sell electronic cigarette products, in a move aimed at stopping minors from purchasing e-cigarettes through the internet. Read more »

Juul knowingly sold tainted nicotine pods, former executive says

Sheila Kaplan and Jan Hoffman, The New York Times
Posted at Oct 31 09:19 AM

A former top executive of Juul is alleging that the electronic cigarette giant sold at least 1 million contaminated mint-flavored nicotine pods — and refused to recall them when told about the problem in March. Read more »

DOH, medical societies warn of vaping dangers

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 19 02:28 PM

Local medical societies are pushing to ban the sale of electronic cigarettes in the country as cases of vaping-related illnesses grow. Jasmin Romero reports. Read more »

Vaping-linked lung injury kills 18, sickens 1,080 in US

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 04 06:42 AM

WASHINGTON, United States—The number of patients suffering from probable lung injury associated with e-cigarette use has surged to more than a thousand, US health authorities said Thursday, while the death toll from the outbreak now stands at 18. Read more »

More Americans say vaping is as dangerous as smoking cigarettes: poll

Chris Kahn, Reuters
Posted at Sep 25 06:18 AM

NEW YORK, United States—A growing number of Americans say that vaping e-cigarettes is at least as harmful as smoking traditional cigarettes, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll, following reports of an outbreak of vaping-related illnesses and deaths. Read more »

Chinese e-cigarette firm to invest in PH amid vaping ban in other countries

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 20 08:16 PM

MANILA - Beijing based e-cigarette company RELX is investing in the country with the goal of setting up its global customer services through a business process outsourcing (BPO) firm in Manila. Read more »