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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 »

Health advocates raise alarm over Recto's bill on vaping, vape products

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 25 02:11 AM

A group of health advocates on Thursday expressed concern over Senator Ralph Recto's new bill on vaping and vape products, noting that it contradicts President Rodrigo Duterte's executive order on vaping. Read more »

Recto bill wants minors banned from buying vape, IDs to be presented at stores

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 16 02:44 AM

Senate Bill No. 1951 "imposes a minimum age restriction of 18 years for these products to ensure that only adults are allowed access to its use," Recto said. 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 »

Publiko binalaan vs vape na nakitaan ng sangkap na marijuana

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 05 01:22 PM

MAYNILA - Pinahaharang ng Food and Drug Adminstration ang isang brand ng e-cigarette juice o "vape" nang makitaan ito ng sangkap ng liquid marijuana.  Read more »

Vape na may liquid marijuana mula Netherlands nasamsam sa NAIA

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 01 03:47 PM

MAYNILA - Nasamsam ng mga awtoridad ang mga vape juice parcel na naglalaman ng liquid marijuana mula sa Central Mail Exchange Center sa Pasay City.  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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

‘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 »

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 »

Lalaking nag-vape sa Lucena, hinuli pero pinakawalan din dahil walang kasong maisampa

Jonathan Vega Magistrado, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 23 12:18 AM

LUCENA CITY, Quezon—Isang lalaking nagve-vape sa pampublikong lugar ang inaresto ng pulisya sa Lucena City, Quezon Huwebes ng gabi, pero pinakawalan din dahil wala naman kasong maisampa laban sa kanya. Read more »

Bureau of Customs to block entry of vaping products

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 22 11:58 PM

The Philippine customs bureau vows tighter watch on the country's ports following President Rodrigo Duterte's order to block imports of vaping products. Read more »

Batas kailangan para hulihin ang mga nagve-vape: abogado

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 22 06:18 PM

May executive order o wala, iginiit ng abogadong si Noel Del Prado na bawal ang panghuhuli ng mga nagva-vape at sa mga nag-i-import nito hangga't walang batas na nagbabawal sa pag-vape sa buong bansa.  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 »