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Category: Seeing through the Smoke

  • Vape bill version 2022: Congress "hijacks" stringent regulations
    Categories Editor's Pick News Seeing through the Smoke

    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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    Categories Commentary News Seeing through the Smoke

    Correcting the Misinformation on the Vape Bill

    By Dr. Jaime Galvez-Tan  |  Feb 10, 2022 9:34 AM

    The truth is, the bicameral report provides less strict policies and a step back on existing regulations.

    vape, vape bill

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    Categories Seeing through the Smoke

    PH’s fight vs tobacco at a crossroads amid COVID pandemic

    By Robbin M. Dagle  |  Feb 04, 2022 4:09 PM

    One product’s availability online that many find worrisome is tobacco.

    COVID-19, DOH, tobacco, tobacco control

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    Categories News Seeing through the Smoke

    Tiring, thankless job at FDA sends Domingo back to UP, PGH

    By Nica Rhiana Hanopol  |  Jan 28, 2022 9:59 AM

    Why did FDA director-general Eric Domingo quit?

    Eric Domingo, FDA

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    Categories Editor's Pick News Seeing through the Smoke

    Why did FDA Chief Domingo quit?

    By VERA Files  |  Jan 26, 2022 9:22 PM

    Why did Domingo resign? Watch the full report here.

    Eric Domingo, FDA

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    Categories News Seeing through the Smoke

    Vape bill goes against Duterte’s vow to fight addiction – medical practitioners

    By Klaire Ting  |  Jan 24, 2022 5:45 PM

    They debunked reported claims of four physicians that the measure could become part of Duterte’s “lasting legacy” if enacted and that it would give 16 million Filipino smokers a “less harmful” option to quit smoking.

    FDA, HB 9007, PCP, SB 2239, vape, vape bill

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    Categories Seeing through the Smoke

    Ang balaudnon sa Vape nagbutang sa ‘huyang’ nga mga batan-on nga konsumidor sa risgo sa panglawas, sa kuyaw na daan nga lugak nga pagpatuman

    By Klaire Ting and Reiven Pascasio  |  Jan 24, 2022 2:16 PM

    Mga vape products nga gipamaligya sa merkado malimbungon tungod sa ilang porma, matod ni Dr. Rizalina Gonzalez, usa ka pediatrician ug chair sa Philippine Pediatric Society Tobacco Control Advocacy Group (PPS-TCAG), sa usa ka interbyu sa VERA Files.

    vape, vape bill

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    Categories Seeing through the Smoke

    Ibutaktak ti vape bill dagiti peggad iti salun-at kadagiti agtutubo nga agusar, adda iti peligro ti nakapsut nga pannaka enforsar na

    By Klaire Ting and Reiven Pascasio  |  Jan 24, 2022 1:20 PM

    Ti DOH, FDA, sumagmamano nga professional organizations ken health experts, youth groups ken tobacco control advocates ket agtalek da nga ni Presidente Duterte ket saan na nga baliwan ti anti-smoking ken anti-vaping position na ket i-veto na ti proposed nga linteg nga kontra iti policy nga insaad na idi 2019.

    FDA, vape, vape bill

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    Categories Editor's Pick News Seeing through the Smoke

    Vape bill exposes young ‘vulnerable’ consumers to health risks, endangers already weak enforcement

    By Klaire Ting and Reiven Pascasio  |  Jan 17, 2022 11:54 AM

    Duterte, who expressed his anti-vaping stance strongly in 2019, has the option to sign it into law, allow it to lapse into law after 30 days, or veto the entire or parts of the proposed law.

    DOH, smoking, vape bill, vape use

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    Categories Commentary Seeing through the Smoke

    Harm reduction?

    By Filomeno S. Sta. Ana III  |  Jan 14, 2022 2:54 PM

    The bill awaits the approval or veto of the President. This will be a test of the President’s record of supporting or defending tobacco-control and health measures.

    tobacco, vape bill

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