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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).
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Published March 17, 2021 2:28pm By ERWIN COLCOL, GMA News Health experts on Wednesday urged the Senate to raise the minimum age of purchase of vapes, e-cigarettes, and other related products from 18 years old to 21 or even 25 years old, considering the harmful effects of these products to minors. The Senate Committee on Trade, Commerce and Entrepreneurship tackled the four bills seeking to regulate vaporized nicotine products. Of these bills, three are proposing to prohibit the sale, distribution, and use of these products to persons 18 years old and below. But Philippine College of Physicians executive director Dr. Encarnita Blanco-Limpin argued that the prohibition should be for persons aged 21 or even 25 and below.