Senator Pia Cayetano and several physicians on Thursday urged outgoing President Rodrigo Duterte to veto the Vaporized Nicotine Products Regulation Act, popularly known as the vape bill.
CALL FOR VETO. Senator Pia Cayetano and health advocates call on President Rodrigo Duterte to veto Senate Bill No. 2239 or the Vaporized Nicotine Products Regulation Act, popularly known as the vape bill, during the press conference at the Senate building in Pasay City on Thursday (June 23, 2022). She said the proposed measure would put the health of thousands of Filipinos at risk. (PNA photo by Wilnard Bacelonia) MANILA - Senator Pia Cayetano and health advocates on Thursday called on President Rodrigo Roa Duterte to veto, before stepping down, the Senate Bill (SB) 2239 or the Vape Regulation Bill. Cayetano said the recent Supreme Court (SC) ruling she hailed, which recognized the continued regulatory authority of the Department of Health (DOH) and the Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) over cigarettes and other tobacco products, is also saying that anything that affects the health should be regulated by FDA. "This, to me, would clearly include vapes and e-cigarettes," she
More than 5,000 people from Davao City and the Island Garden City of Samal recently joined Parents Against Vape (PAV) in its appeal to President Duterte to veto Senate Bill 2239 or Vape Bill 2022. PAV is an alliance of parents, teachers, public health experts, and community groups based in…
An official from the Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance (SEATCA) belied the claim of vaping supporters that heated tobacco products or electronic nicotine delivery devices are “switching products” that reportedly help smokers quit the habit. “Sinasabi nila sa kanilang marketing na they want people to switch and that is supposedly…