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Tag: vape bill

  • Pia Cayetano, Senate photo
    Categories Editor's Pick News Seeing through the Smoke

    The vape genie is out of the bottle

    By Booma Cruz  |  Mar 10, 2023 5:18 PM

    The vape genie is out of the bottle and the Senate, one of the two branches of Congress responsible for letting the genie out, is furious.

    bongbong marcos, e-cigarettes, novel tobacco products, Senate, vape, vape bill

  • Categories Commentary Seeing through the Smoke

    When public interest takes a backseat

    By Tita C. Valderama  |  Aug 08, 2022 11:30 AM

    Ilocanos are stereotyped as being kuripot (stingy with money). President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., an Ilocano, showed this side of him when he vetoed four bills approved by the previous Congress.

    bongbong marcos, Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., tobacco, vape bill

  • Categories Health News Seeing through the Smoke

    Health advocates warn of ‘vaping epidemic’ as Marcos Jr. lets vape bill lapse into law

    By Nica Rhiana Hanopol  |  Jul 26, 2022 8:42 PM

    Despite the loud applause on his call for a “stronger healthcare system” during his first State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Monday, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. remained silent on his plans for the regulation of novel tobacco products.  Marcos did not heed the call of former health secretaries, heads of health agencies, and several […]

    vape bill

  • Dirty ash tray
    Categories Commentary Seeing through the Smoke

    Will Marcos Jr. choose public health over tobacco industry interests?

    By Tita C. Valderama  |  Jul 11, 2022 12:45 PM

    The Supreme Court recently reversed a regional trial court decision to uphold the jurisdiction of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to regulate cigarettes and tobacco products.

    public health, tobacco, Tobacco industry, vape bill

  • Vape Bill story
    Categories News Seeing through the Smoke

    DOH, FDA win in SC could go to waste if vape bill becomes law

    By Nica Rhiana Hanopol  |  Jun 28, 2022 8:09 PM

    If President Rodrigo Duterte approves the vape bill before he leaves Malacanang on June 30, the Department of Health (DOH) says it will “result in an absurd situation” wherein similar products that cause harm and danger are regulated differently.

    Department of Health, FDA, Rodrigo Duterte, vape bill

  • Categories Commentary Editor's Pick Seeing through the Smoke

    Is there something sinister behind vape bill’s delay?

    By Tita C. Valderama  |  May 30, 2022 12:17 PM

    More than four months have passed since Congress ratified in haste the proposed “Vaporized Nicotine and Non-Nicotine Products Regulation Act” or the vape bill, but the measure’s final copy has yet to reach Malacañang for President Rodrigo Duterte to either sign or veto it, or to let it lapse into law after 30 days from submission.

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    Categories Seeing through the Smoke

    How Congress voted on the vape bill

    By Nica Rhiana Hanopol, Reiven Pascasio and Klaire Ting  |  Apr 05, 2022 7:29 PM

    In the final year of the Duterte administration, Congress approved a bill that defies the chief executive’s anti-tobacco smoking and anti-vaping position.

    congress votes, vape bill

  • REGULATION_SIDEBAR_OPT1.jpg
    Categories Seeing through the Smoke

    A look at the different versions of the vape regulation bill

    By Nica Rhiana Hanopol, Reiven Pascasio and Klaire Ting  |  Apr 05, 2022 6:38 PM

    Several provisions in the proposed Vaporized Nicotine and Non-nicotine Products Regulation Act or the vape bill, ratified by Congress on Jan. 26, have been contested by medical experts and health advocates, questioning the need for a new regulation on electronic nicotine and non-nicotine devices (ENDS/ENNDS) and heated tobacco products (HTPs).

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  • TIMELINE_SIDEBAR.jpg
    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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