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Juul agrees to settle over marketing vapes to US youth

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 07 06:07 AM

Juul has been blamed for a surge in youth vaping over its marketing of fruit and candy flavored e-cigarettes, which it stopped selling in 2019. Read more »

Edad 18 pataas puwede bumili ng vape, ayon sa panukalang naisabatas

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 26 07:37 PM

Nag-lapse at naging batas ang kontrobersiyal na vape bill na hindi nalagdaan o na-veto 30 araw matapos maisumite sa Malacanang. Read more »

Mexico bans sales of 'harmful' e-cigarettes

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 01 03:58 PM

President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said it was a "lie" to claim that e-cigarettes are a safe alternative to inhaling tobacco smoke. Read more »

Hong Kong ban on sale of e-cigarettes takes effect

Edith Lin, South China Morning Post
Posted at May 01 04:10 AM

A law banning the sale of e-cigarettes and other heated tobacco products in Hong Kong has forced some shops selling these items to fold. Read more »

Tobacco industry sticks to game plan amid the pandemic

Chi Liquicia, VERA Files
Posted at Apr 15 06:09 PM

In the middle of a deadly health crisis, the tobacco industry scored a win in the country, sticking to a tried and tested playbook to protect its interests. Read more »

Vape bill version 2022: Congress ‘hijacks’ stringent regulations

Booma Cruz, VERA Files
Posted at Apr 14 06:26 AM

In an apparent rush to pass the vaping bill, the 18th Congress reversed itself without regard for legislative tradition or courtesy to a lone consistently dissenting colleague. Read more »

DepEd joins calls to veto vape bill

Jaehwa Bernardo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 18 01:04 AM

(UPDATE) The DepEd urged President Duterte to veto a bill that will lower the age of access to vaping products. Read more »

Doctor's prescription sought in sale of vapes

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 17 04:10 PM

The Department of Health and pediatricians on Thursday opposed the Vape bill and debunked misinformation on the proposed measure. Read more »

Doctors blast senators for passing vape bill

Jasmin Romero, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 18 03:27 PM

Doctors expressed dismay after the Philippine Senate passed a bill on vaping in its second reading. Read more »

THROWBACK: Dangers of vaping

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 23 11:02 AM

"Salamat Dok" speaks with pulmonologist Maricar Limpin to outline the health risks associated with vaping. Read more »

Vapes, e-cigarettes increase risk of COVID-19: doctors

Jasmin Romero, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 15 05:09 PM

The use of vapes and e-cigarettes increases the risk of catching COVID-19, doctors said Wednesday. Read more »

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 »