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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 »

Tolentino wants total ban on e-cigarettes, vaping devices

Sherrie Ann Torres, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 21 11:08 PM

MANILA - Hours before President Rodrigo Duterte announced his decision to ban the use of vaping devices in a news conference, his ally Sen. Francis Tolentino filed a measure similar to the chief executive’s position. 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 »

Mga mahuhuling gumagamit ng vape, babalaan lang, di ikukulong: PNP

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 21 06:58 PM

Hindi ikukulong kundi babalaan lamang muna ang mga taong mahuhuling gumagamit ng vape sa mga pampublikong lugar, sabi ngayong Huwebes ng officer-in-charge ng Philippine National Police.   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 »

'Warning,' not detention for those caught vaping in public: police

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 21 11:16 AM

Vape users caught smoking e-cigarettes in public places will be immediately released after undergoing blotter procedures, PNP spokesman Police Brig. General Bernard Banac told DZMM.  Read more »