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House passes bill on e-cigarettes, vapes amid concerns over provisions

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 25 06:30 PM

Voting 192-34-4, some spoke against the measure as critics say that if it becomes a law, it will make electronic cigarettes and other related products more accessible to the youth. Read more »

Nicotine vapes more effective than gum and patches for quitters, review finds

Kate Kelland, Reuters
Posted at Oct 14 08:48 PM

The findings, from a review which included evidence from 50 studies around the world, suggests vaping could boost the number of people who stop smoking - a habit known to cause deadly lung cancer and linked to heart disease, stroke and many other chronic diseases. Read more »

Big drop in vaping among US youth, data says

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 10 05:53 AM

WASHINGTON - The number of American middle and high schoolers using e-cigarettes declined dramatically in 2020 compared to last year, an official report showed Wednesday. Read more »

Dutch to ban flavored e-cigarette sales from next year

Reuters
Posted at Jun 23 05:23 PM

The Netherlands plans to ban flavored electronic cigarettes from next year to make vaping less attractive to young people. Read more »

The world pushes back against e-cigarettes and Juul

Sheila Kaplan, Andrew Jacobs and Choe Sang-Hun
Posted at Apr 01 04:02 AM

Juul has been met with ferocious anti-vaping sentiment and a barrage of newly enacted e-cigarette restrictions, or outright bans, in country after country. As a result, its ambitious overseas plans have collapsed. Read more »

Duterte formally bans vaping in public places

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 28 03:37 PM

MANILA (UPDATE)- President Rodrigo Duterte has signed an executive order which prohibits vaping or the use of e-cigarettes in public places in an expansion of his earlier nationwide smoking ban. Read more »

'No doubt' e-cigarettes harmful: WHO

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 23 10:22 AM

GENEVA, Switzerland - Electronic cigarettes are harmful both to users and bystanders exposed to the fumes, the World Health Organization says in a report warning they can damage growing foetuses and impact teenagers' brains.   Read more »

Duterte raises taxes on alcohol, e-cigarettes; exempts certain medicines

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 23 05:39 PM

MANILA- President Rodrigo Duterte has signed a law increasing taxes on alcohol, heated tobacco and vapor products, his spokesman Salvador Panelo confirmed Thursday. Read more »

Vaping kills a 15-year-old in Texas

Denise Grady, The New York Times
Posted at Jan 10 12:48 PM

Cases of lung illness and deaths from vaping have tapered off since peaking in September, health officials said on Thursday, but the outbreak also reached a grim new milestone: The youngest death, of a 15-year-old, was reported by Dallas County Health and Human Services. Read more »

US unveils partial ban on flavored e-cigarettes

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 03 05:16 AM

The Food and Drug Administration said cartridge-based e-cigarettes in flavors "other than tobacco or menthol" would be illegal unless they receive specific authorization from the government.   Read more »

US raises tobacco, e-cigarette purchase age from 18 to 21

Issam Ahmed, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 20 03:53 AM

The US Congress voted Thursday to raise the minimum age to buy tobacco and e-cigarettes from 18 to 21 across the country, a move intended to stem the rising tide of youth vaping.   Read more »

Senate ratifies new sin tax measure on e-cigarettes, liquor

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 18 08:20 PM

The Senate ratified on Wednesday a bill that will tax electronic cigarettes and impose higher duties on alcohol to raise P22.2 billion on its first year of implementation. Read more »

Imported vape ban in effect, says solon

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 09 03:54 PM

The Philippines has banned the entry of imported vape products, a leader of the House of Representatives said Monday.  Read more »

Vaping linked to rare lung disease: study

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 05 08:10 AM

Doctors treating a patient with a rare lung disease usually caused by exposure to industrial metals say it may instead be the first case linked to vaping. Read more »

Vaping ban covers SEA Games athletes: police

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 27 11:10 AM

The Philippine National Police said Wednesday it would apprehend foreign athletes and visitors in the Southeast Asian Games should they violate a ban on the use of vaping devices or e-cigarettes in public.    Read more »

SEA Games: Mga atletang gagamit ng vape sa pampublikong lugar huhulihin din

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 26 08:16 PM

Plano ring hulihin ng Philippine National Police ang mga contingent sa Southeast Asian Games na maaaktuhang gumagamit ng vape o e-cigarettes.  Read more »

More than 200 vape devices, e-cigarettes seized in Central Visayas

Annie Perez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 23 12:40 AM

Brig. Gen. Valeriano de Leon, director of Central Visayas Police said the development is their heed to the call of the President. Read more »

Duterte warning to judges on vaping ban 'sends wrong signals': law dean

Aleta Nieva-Nishimori, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 22 10:51 AM

MANILA - A law dean on Friday said the warning of President Rodrigo Duterte to judges interfering with his order to arrest people vaping or using e-cigarettes in public is sending the wrong signals. Read more »

'We tax them': Duterte explains why he allows tobacco, but bans vaping

Rose Carmelle Lacuata, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 21 11:06 PM

MANILA (UPDATE) - President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday explained why he allows the manufacture and importation of tobacco but is banning the importation of electronic cigarettes and vaping devices. Read more »

'Clear public health harm' due to e-cigarettes yet to be proven: Sotto

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 21 09:42 PM

The belief that the use of e-cigarettes can harm public health remains unproven, Senate President Vicente Sotto III said Thursday, days after President Rodrigo Duterte banned vaping in public areas. Read more »