Filipino smokers, numbering more than 16 million nationwide, deserve cigarette alternatives that will help significantly reduce health risks, according to a leading Filipino heart expert. Dr. Rafael R. Castillo, the […]Read More
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The Vaporized Nicotine Product (VNP) or vape bill, a landmark measure approved by the Senate and the House of Representatives, will provide more than 16 million Filipino smokers with less […]Read More
A prominent cancer expert encouraged Filipino doctors to rethink their strategies to address the smoking problem as the current policies mostly failed to help smokers quit, leaving millions of smokers […]Read More
“We have to help smokers not punish them,” says Heneage Mitchell, founder of factasia.org and member CAPHRA (Coalition of Asia Pacific Tobacco Harm Reduction Advocates). His comments were made as […]Read More
More countries in Southeast Asia are considering tobacco harm reduction (THR) as state policy, looking at regulating smoke-free alternatives to cigarettes to address the smoking epidemic following the Philippine Congress’ […]Read More
“Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte will create an enduring legacy by signing the Vape Bill into law before he leaves office, and we are confident he’ll do just that,” said Peter […]Read More
Existing laws are inadequate to regulate vapor products in the Philippines and prevent access by the youth, according to top Filipino doctors who pushed for the approval of the more […]Read More
The Vape Bill in the Philippines is needed to protect the Filipino youth from vape products, as existing regulations are not enough to prevent manufacturers and traders from selling these […]Read More
“Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul may not support the legalization of e-cigarettes, but most politicians and the public do, with legal vape sales only months away,” says Asa Saligupta, Director […]Read More
The British Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines (BCCP) expressed support for a balanced and differentiated regulatory framework on e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products (HTPs) in the Philippines citing as […]Read More