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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 »

Vaping links to COVID-19 risk are becoming clear

Katherine J. Wu, The New York Times
Posted at Sep 05 11:00 PM

Experts have warned that the coronavirus most likely capitalizes on the scarred lungs of smokers and vapers. Read more »

House panel approves bill regulating sale of vapes, e-cigarettes

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 31 11:12 AM

The House of Representatives Committee of Trade and Industry has approved a bill regulating the manufacture, sale and distribution of vapes, e-cigarettes and other electronic nicotine and non-nicotine delivery systems, a lawmaker said Monday. 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 »

DOH asks smokers, vapers to quit as studies show higher rates of COVID-19 infection, use of ventilators

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 08 10:53 PM

MANILA — Smokers are more likely to be infected by COVID-19 and to end up using ventilators once admitted to hospitals, the Department of Health said on Wednesday. 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 »

'False fears' about vaping stopping smokers using e-cigs - UK report

Kate Kelland, Reuters
Posted at Mar 04 11:27 PM

LONDON - More than half of UK smokers now wrongly believe that nicotine-containing “vapes” or e-cigarettes are as dangerous as tobacco cigarettes and these “false fears” are preventing smokers from switching, health experts said on Wednesday. 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 »

Not enough evidence that vaping helps smokers quit: US gov't report

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 24 05:25 AM

There is not enough evidence to conclude that e-cigarettes help smokers quit tobacco, a US government report said Thursday, as the vaping industry faces increased regulatory pressures. 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 »

As US vaping injuries taper off, new evidence points to vitamin E acetate

Julie Steenhuysen, Reuters
Posted at Dec 21 05:25 AM

The study, which looked at lung samples from patients in 16 states, found vitamin E acetate in 94 percent of lung samples taken from patients who vaped THC. Read more »

Canada to ban vaping ads aimed at youth

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Dec 20 10:47 AM

Concerned by a sudden rise in youth vaping, Canada's health minister on Thursday announced a ban on advertising for vaping products targeting young people.   Read more »

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 »

E-cigarettes raise lung disease risks, but less than smoking: study

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 17 07:38 AM

E-cigarette use significantly increases the risk of developing chronic lung diseases like asthma, bronchitis, emphysema and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, according to a long term study published Monday that also found vaping was less harmful than smoking. 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 »