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Top Filipino doctors see vape bill ending smoking epidemic

The enactment of the bill regulating vaporized nicotine products such as electronic cigarettes and heated tobacco products will end the smoking epidemic in the...

Group slams FDA chief for bias against vaping

Consumer groups denounced Food and Drug Administration director-general Rolando Domingo for openly describing organizers of an anti-vaping event as “our friends,” months after he...

88% of smokers look at alternatives – survey

Eighty-eight percent or nearly nine of 10 adult smokers would consider switching to smoke-free alternatives such as electronic cigarettes and heated tobacco products, according...

PH, NZ recognized for supporting harm reduction

International experts and industry executives see a breakthrough in the global campaign to mitigate the impact of smoking after legislators in the Philippines and...

Vapes, HTPs to cut risks facing 17m PH smokers – doctor

A respected Filipino family doctor and tobacco harm reduction advocate described vapes and heated tobacco products as considerably less harmful alternatives to combustible cigarettes...

House clears vaporized nicotine product bill on final reading

The House of Representatives on Monday approved with an overwhelming 192 affirmative votes, 34 negative and four abstentions on third and final reading a...

Italian research says switch to HTPs rejuvenates health of COPD patients

Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease who abstained from smoking or substantially reduced their cigarette consumption by switching to heated tobacco products showed consistent...

Heated tobacco enables Japan to cut smoking rate

A public health expert acknowledged Japan’s success in reducing smoking rate by nearly a third in a span of just three to four years...

Solon warns gov’t officials acting as foreign NGO reps

A lawmaker warned the government against officials and personnel who are advancing the interests of foreign private organizations with anti-vaping agenda. Ako Bicol Partylist Representative...

PECIA welcomes the opportunity to provide inputs on proposed floor price policy for vapor products

The Philippine E-Cigarette Industry Association (PECIA), which counts around 200 active members that comprise major players in the local e-cigarette market, participated in the...

Foreign interference in policy-making unraveled

"FDA officials said in a hearing last year that they received grants from foreign organizations known for dictating policies on tobacco control." The Philippines’ Food...

Senator cites big disparity between HTPs, cigarettes

Senate President Vicente Sotto III said Monday the Food and Drug Administration should consider the huge difference between combustible cigarettes and heated tobacco products...

Consumers threaten FDA with graft charges

The Food and Drugs Administration continued to face backlash from stakeholders who threatened to file graft charges before the Ombudsman following the regulatory agency’s...

Switch to heated tobacco seen to translate into public health gains

The introduction of heat-not-burn tobacco products as better alternatives to combustible tobacco will translate into public health gains, according to a public health expert. Helen...
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