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Researchers find no evidence vaping leads to smoking

A group of researchers found no evidence that the use of e-cigarettes and other alternative nicotine delivery products serves as a gateway into smoking. Researchers...

Misinformation impedes smokers’ switch to e-cigarettes

A regional tobacco harm reduction organization warned that misleading and false information on e-cigarettes is stopping smokers from switching to the better nicotine alternatives. “The...

DOH asked to educate smokers on alternative products

Local vaping groups urged the Department of Health to educate smokers about alternative products such as electronic cigarettes to help them quit smoking.  The appeal...

Smokers fight for rights

A CONSUMER advocacy group on Sunday bewailed the growing discrimination against smokers and appealed for a fair enforcement of the new anti-smoking rules under...

Stiffer fines for smokers

The City Council of Manila has passed a new anti-smoking ordinance that slaps up to P5,000 fine and three-day imprisonment to violators, following Manila...

Erap: Stiffer fines for smokers

Following a citywide smoking ban, Manila Mayor Joseph “Erap” Estrada is now pushing for heavier penalties for those violating the anti-smoking ordinance. On Friday, Estrada...

Kick the habit and save lives, Medgate urges

GIVING up  smoking could be the best new year’s resolution for the country’s 17-million smokers, saving smokers and their families from tens of thousands...

Vapers say smokers deserve alternatives

NEW DELHI"•Vapers called on the World Health Organization to allow the world’s one billion smokers to have equal access to safer alternatives to cigarettes. Officials...

Not helping

Smokers puff e-cigarettes at a store in Sta. Cruz, Manila Thursday as the World Health Organization said the sale of electronic cigarettes should be...
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