Experts warn vs vaping

HEALTH experts have warned the public against the possibility of increasing cases of vaping injury, especially among young people, after the country reported its first fatality to the use of electronic cigarettes.

At the special press briefing on World No-Tobacco Day held in Manila on Friday, Dr. Rizalina Gonzales of the Philippine Pediatric Society noted that despite the decrease in the number of young people ages 13 to 15 who are smoking tobacco, there has been an increase in the number of young people taking electronic e-cigarettes, according to the Global Youth Tobacco Survey conducted in 2019.