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Dalan padung sa ‘zero tobacco’: mga hinabako nga gustong moundang nakakuhag suporta gikan sa DOH Quitline

By Nica Rhiana Hanopol | Jan 07, 2022 2:09 PM

Matod sa Mayo Clinic sa United States (US), ang pagpanabako og sigarilyo usa sa mga nagdala og risgo sa high blood pressure. Mga kemikal gikan sa tabako mahimong “makadaut sa walls sa ugat” nga mahimong “mopadako sa risgo sa sakit sa kasingkasing.”

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Road to ‘zero tobacco’: Smokers who want to quit gain extra support from DOH Quitline

By Nica Rhiana Hanopol | Dec 21, 2021 11:56 AM

On the day he was taken to the emergency room of the Cainta Hospital due to hypertension, Jehoiakim Cabia, 28, was told that his smoking was a big factor in the episode.

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Easy to start, hard to quit: former and current smokers share their stories

By Klaire Ting | Sep 30, 2021 7:44 AM

What attracts young people to smoking and how do they get hooked into it? How do they get out of it? VERA Files spoke to four current and former smokers to hear their stories on how addiction to smoking has changed their lives.

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Three govt agencies put pressure on Congress to scrap bill on vapes, e-cigarettes

By Klaire Ting | Sep 16, 2021 9:24 AM

The Department of Health (DOH), Department of Education (DepEd) and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) joined medical practitioners and youth leaders on Wednesday in asking Congress to reject the bill that seeks to lower the age of persons who can buy, use or sell vapes and electronic cigarettes.

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Vape use could lead to alcohol and illegal drug use ー health experts

By Reiven Pascasio | Sep 01, 2021 7:09 PM

Electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) smoking or vaping could open the way for the youth and non-smokers to use alcohol and illegal drugs, warned health experts who described these novel products as anti-health.

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Vaping an emerging epidemic, says leading pulmonologist

By Klaire Ting | Jul 21, 2021 9:30 AM

The consumption of electronic cigarettes or vapes is an emerging epidemic, especially among the youth, according to a leading pulmonologist who says novel tobacco products are no less dangerous than traditional cigarettes.

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