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Senate to Lead Region with Progressive Vaping Laws
Senate to Lead Region with Progressive Vaping Laws
“The world is watching as the Philippines Senate looks set to approve the most progressive and risk-proportionate vaping legislation in Asia Pacific. We’re hoping other countries in the region will then follow their lead,” says Nancy Loucas, Executive Coordinator of the Coalition of Asia Pacific Tobacco Harm Reduction Advocates (CAPHRA).
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Published at 2021-07-22 by Puerto Parrot
Categories: Health, Politics
Tags: Tobacco, e-cigarette, vaping
Tobacco Finds Its Way to the Philippines
Tobacco Finds Its Way to the Philippines
The Tobacco plant circled the globe before it finally reached the Philippines. Columbus first noticed Arawak Indians in 1492 to be smoking the dried leaves of a peculiar plant - tobacco.
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Published at 2020-09-16 by Puerto Parrot
Categories: Culture, Documentary, History
Tags: Tobacco
Cops Seize E-cigarettes; Legal Basis Questioned
Cops Seize E-cigarettes; Legal Basis Questioned
In just three days after President Rodrigo Duterte ordered a ban on electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) use in public, the police in Central Visayas had already confiscated at least 230 vaping gadgets.
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Published at 2019-11-24 by Puerto Parrot
Categories: Business, Legal, Politics
Tags: Duterte, Police, President, Tobacco, cigarette, e-cigarette, government, vaping