Doctors urge Senate to junk 'vape' bill

By Red Mendoza

Sep 01, 2021 12:55 pm

ABOUT 60 medical groups in the country have urged Congress to junk a bill that will allow the marketing of electronic cigarettes and vaporizers or so-called vapes in the country.

Dr. Maria Encarnita Limpin, president of the Philippine College of Physicians, described Senate Bill 2239, which allows for the regulation of importation, manufacturing, sale, advertisement, and promotion of electronic nicotine/non nicotine delivery systems and heated tobacco products, as 'anti-health'.

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