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Vape law to save lives of smokers including young adults—solons

Manila Standard BusinessbyManila Standard Business
July 27, 2022, 2:00 pm
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Authors of the newly-enacted vape law said all smokers’ lives matter including young adults who are legally allowed to buy cigarettes and saving them is the law’s primary intent.

“The VNNP [Vaporized Nicotine and Non-nicotine Products] law does not allow minors access to e-cigarettes, in fact it has strict provisions to protect them. The law equalizes the minimum age of access to cigarettes and vapes to ensure that all adult smokers are provided with better alternatives.  We care for all smokers’ lives,” former Ako Bicol Partylist Rep. Alfredo Garbin Jr., one of the authors of the vape law, said.

“If legally an 18 year old is allowed to buy cigarettes then he should be allowed to have a better choice,” he said.

The legislative measure, also known as the Vaporized Nicotine and Non-nicotine Products Regulation Act or Republic Act No. 11900, regulates the importation, manufacture, sale, packaging, distribution, use and communication of vaping products such as e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products. It is viewed as a ‘historic’ legislative public health measure by various sectoral groups.

Former Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto, the vape bill’s sponsor in the Senate, earlier said it is “good public policy” to shift to vaporized nicotine products.

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“There will be less death and less expense on the part of society in treating patients. And that is the direction where many countries, more developed economies are moving toward,” Recto said during the Senate debates.

Former House Deputy Speaker Rodante Marcoleta, one of the Bill’s primary authors in Congress, said the bill is a “gift to the Filipino people towards better health and well-being.”

“This anti-smoking Vape Law is a landmark public health measure that we should all be proud of. It’s our first comprehensive anti-smoking law in almost 20 years. With this law, we have a very good chance to eradicate the smoking epidemic, which kills almost 100,000 Filipino smokers every year, once and for all.  It will be just a matter of time before we see our country’s smoking rate go down” Marcoleta said.

Valenzuela City Mayor Weslie “Wes” Gatchalian who served as Deputy Speaker of the 18th Congress and co-sponsor of the measure said: “The Vape Law is a historic milestone in our fight against smoking as it will give our 16 million Filipino smokers, who cannot quit smoking, a chance to have access to better alternatives.”

“At the same time, the Vape Law will protect our minors because they will be prohibited from buying these products and there are very stiff penalties for those who will be caught violating the prohibitions under the bill. Now that we have the Vape Law in place, it is time that our government agencies such as the DTI and FDA work together so we can bring down our country’s smoking rates,” he said.

The vape bill was introduced as House Bill No. 3330 in the 17th Congress filed by the late Rep. Rodel Batocabe of the Ako Bicol Partylist on Aug. 25, 2016. In the 18th Congress, a total of three public hearings and seven technical working group meetings were conducted jointly by the House Committee on Trade and Industry and Committee on Health.

The House overwhelmingly approved House Bill 9007 with 192 affirmative votes, 34 negative and 4 abstentions on third and final reading on May 25, 2021, while the Senate passed Senate Bill 2239 voting 19 in favor, only 2 nay and 2 abstentions on Dec. 14, 2021.

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 27, paragraph (1), Article VI of the Constitution, the VNNP Bill automatically lapsed into law on July 25, 2022 as it was transmitted to the Office of the President on June 24, 2022.

The VNNP law is touted by many as a landmark and historic legislation as it is the first comprehensive law that will regulate e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products giving smokers a less toxic alternative seen to drastically cut down smoking rates in the country for the years to come. At the same time, the Vape Bill provides for very strict rules on sales and promotion to ensure minors and non-smokers are not able to buy these products.

The VNNP law is among the measures left by outgoing President Rodrigo Duterte without his signature, including the Agriculture Fisheries, And Rural Development Financing Enhancement Act, the Creative Industries Charter of the Philippines and the Permanent Validity of the Certificates of Live Birth, Death and Marriage Act.

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