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Category: Seeing through the Smoke

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    Categories Seeing through the Smoke

    TIMELINE: Uncovering the events before the passage of the new vape regulation

    By Nica Rhiana Hanopol, Reiven Pascasio and Klaire Ting  |  Apr 05, 2022 6:33 PM

    Timeline of events before the passage of the new vape regulation.

    vape bill

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    Categories Seeing through the Smoke

    Vape bill eases restrictions on flavors, online advertising

    By Reiven Pascasio  |  Apr 05, 2022 6:06 PM

    The proposed Vaporized Nicotine and Non-Nicotine Production Regulation Act removes the two-flavor limit and allows online selling and advertising of electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) and heated tobacco products (HTPs), prompting health advocates to say that these provisions
    would entice younger people to try these and get them hooked on what can become a lifetime addiction.

    e-cigarettes, flavors, HTP, vape bill

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    Categories Seeing through the Smoke

    Bill provides younger people easier access to smoke-free alternatives

    By Klaire Ting  |  Apr 05, 2022 5:21 PM

    Disregarding the government’s tobacco control program, Congress has ratified a bill that allows younger people to buy and use electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) and heated tobacco products (HTPs).

    e-cigarettes, heated tobacco products, HTP, smoking youth, vape bill

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    Categories Seeing through the Smoke

    ‘95% less harm?’: Without scientific consensus, legislators favor ‘reduced risk’ claims in e-cigs, HTPs

    By Nica Rhiana Hanopol  |  Apr 05, 2022 5:06 PM

    Aware of the health risks of cigarette smoking, the tobacco industry has designed over the years “less harmful” alternatives for smokers: low and tar nicotine devices, filtered cigarettes, smokeless tobacco.

    heated tobacco products, HTP, vape

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    Categories Seeing through the Smoke

    Emasculating the FDA

    By Tita C. Valderama  |  Apr 05, 2022 4:51 PM

    Nearly 17 years after the Philippines became a party to the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), the first international treaty negotiated under the auspices of the World Health Organization (WHO), efforts to comply with some of the remaining major commitments are met with even more intensified resistance from the legislature.

    FDA, Food and Drug Administration

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    Tobacco industry sticks to game plan amid the pandemic

    By Chi Liquicia  |  Apr 05, 2022 4:32 PM

    In the middle of a deadly health crisis, the tobacco industry scored a win in the country, sticking to a tried and tested playbook to protect its interests.

    Tobacco industry

  • Vape bill version 2022: Congress "hijacks" stringent regulations
    Categories Seeing through the Smoke

    Bersion ti Vape bill 2022: Hi-nijack ti Kongreso dagiti istrikto nga regulasyon

    By Booma Cruz  |  Apr 05, 2022 2:08 PM

    Iti panagdardaras nga maipasa ti vaping bill,  bumaliktad ti 18th Congress nga awan nga pulos panangdayaw  na ti tradisyon ti lehislatura wenno kortesiya iti agmaymaysa nga kanayon nga kumonkontra nga […]

    Ilokano, Sen. Pia Cayetano, vape bill

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    Vape bill version 2022: Kongreso ‘mi-hijack’ sa higpit nga mga regulasyon

    By Booma Cruz  |  Apr 05, 2022 2:07 PM

    Sa klaro kaayong tinguha nga mapaspasan ang pagpasar sa vaping bills, ang 18th Congress nibaliktad sa iyang legislative nga tradisyon o pagtahod sa ilang bugtong kauban nga kanunay nagsupak.

    vape bill

  • Vape bill version 2022: Congress "hijacks" stringent regulations
    Categories Seeing through the Smoke

    Panukala sa Vape 2022: “Minaniubra” ng Kongreso ang Mahihigpit na Regulasyon

    By Booma Cruz | salin ni Percival Buncab  |  Apr 05, 2022 1:08 PM

    Sa pagmamadaling ipasá ang panukala sa vape, binaliktad ng ika-18 Kongreso ang sarili nito nang walang paggalang sa lehislatibong tradisyon o sa nag-iisang kasamahang mariing tumututol.

    Congress, vape bill

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    Vape bill version 2022: Congress ‘hijacks’ stringent regulations

    By Booma Cruz  |  Apr 05, 2022 12:53 PM

    In an apparent rush to pass the vaping bill, the 18th Congress reversed itself without regard for legislative tradition or courtesy to a lone consistently dissenting colleague.

    Sen. Pia Cayetano, vape bill

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