Groups reveal report on Bloomberg s meddling in PH mb.com.ph - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from mb.com.ph Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Published May 25, 2021, 5:16 PM
The House of Representatives on Monday approved with an overwhelming 192 affirmative votes, 34 negative and four abstentions on third and final reading a bill that seeks to regulate the manufacture, use, sale, packaging, distribution and communication of electronic nicotine and non-nicotine delivery systems (ENDS/ENNDS) or electronic cigarettes and heated tobacco products (HTPs) in the Philippines.
Consumer groups and tobacco harm reduction advocates Vapers PH, Nicotine Consumers Union of the Philippines (NCUP), Coalition of Asia Pacific Tobacco Harm Reduction Advocates (CAPHRA) and Philippine E-Cigarette Industry Association (PECIA) welcomed the passage of the landmark regulation as it will provide adults with a chance to choose less harmful alternatives to cigarettes.
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The Coalition of Asia Pacific Tobacco Harm Reduction Advocates (CAPHRA), Nicotine Consumers Union of the Philippines (NCUP), and the Philippine E-cigarette Industry Association (PECIA) issued the joint statement after two members of the House of Representatives exposed the tricky ploy used by some foreign private organizations which they described as a violation of the Constitution and an attack on Philippine sovereignty.
Acting on a resolution filed by Deputy Speaker Deogracias Victor Savellano to probe the Food and Drug Administrations’ questionable acceptance of funds from the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union), a foreign anti-tobacco organization, Congress held a legislative inquiry to investigate whether the funds received by the agency had led to specific and pre-defined policies on e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products (HTPs).
FDA urged to stop accepting foreign money influencing local policy mb.com.ph - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from mb.com.ph Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Published March 3, 2021, 3:00 PM
Consumer groups warned the Philippine government against non-government organizations (NGOs) such as those linked to Bloomberg Philanthropies that were banned by India for providing grants to lobby for local policies.
They issued the statement after India banned more than 14,500 non-government organizations over the past five years, including four groups that received foreign grants from Bloomberg Philanthropies of US financial billionaire Michael Bloomberg which are reportedly involved in tobacco control lobbying.
India canceled the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) licenses of these NGOs for reportedly acting against India’s national interests, misreporting donations, and lobbying against an established economic activity which raises multiple economic and social concerns.