(Pixabay / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) “Health warnings on combustible cigarette packs should not be the same as those on the packaging of e-cigarettes and HTPs. This is because e-cigarettes and HTPs have been shown to be 90% to 95% less harmful than combustible cigarettes,” said Prof. Tikki Pangestu in his keynote speech during the 2nd Philippine Harm Reduction Online Forum on December 4, 2020. The implementing rules and regulations (IRR) as prescribed by Republic Act No. 11346 and Republic Act No. 11467 mandate the Department of Health (DOH) to issue graphic health warning templates for the packaging of HTPs and vapor products including inserts, and onserts, outside packaging, outside packaging and labeling, and any other wrapping withdrawn from the manufacturing facilities, or imported into the Philippine customs territory.