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'Historic' Bill To Regulate Vaping In Philippines Nears Senate


Tuesday, 25 May 2021, 10:52 am
A bill that regulates the manufacture, use, sale,
distribution, and promotion of vaping, as well as heated
tobacco products (HTPs) has passed its second reading in the
Philippines’ House of Representatives. Following its third
reading, it will go to the Senate. According to consumer
advocates, barring any undue outside influence, there the
bill will be approved into law.
We
hope that the Senate will also support this bill to provide
millions of Filipino smokers with less harmful alternatives
to combustible cigarettes.”
Known
as House Bill 9007, the proposed ‘Non-Combustible Nicotine
Delivery Systems Regulation Act’ is a massive legislative ....

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House approves vaporized nicotine product bill


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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Groups urge gov't to stop foreign charities from undermining PH sovereignty – Manila Bulletin


(Photo by Ali Vicoy / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN)
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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