House panel starts tackling bills regulating vaping

After President Rodrigo Duterte ordered the ban on vaping in public places, the House of Representatives has started to tackle bills regulating electronic cigarettes and other similar devices in a joint meeting of the health and trade and industry commitees.

This photo illustration shows a customer smoking at a vape store in Manila on November 20, 2019. Just hours after Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte announced he would ban e-cigarette use, police were ordered on November 20 to begin arresting people caught vaping in public and to confiscate the devices. / AFP / DANTE DIOSINA JR