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.