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(Eagle News) — The Department of Health has confirmed the country’s first-ever case of vape-related sickness. According to the DOH, a 16-year-old girl sustained e-cigarette or vaping product use-associated lung injury or EVALI after using e-cigarettes for six months. The DOH said the girl, who was not identified, was admitted to a hospital’s intensive care unit on Nov. 12 after experiencing extreme shortness of breath. The agency said she had to be given supplemental oxygen […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has certified as urgent a bill increasing the excise tax on alcohol, heated tobacco products and vapor products. In a Nov. 12 letter to Senate President Tito Sotto, Duterte said he was certifying Senate Bill No. 1074 as urgent to “address the urgent need to generate additional revenue to support the effective implementation of the Universal Health Care Act..” He said this was also to “further protect the right […]
Ni Belle Surara Eagle News Reporter (Eagle News) – Muling pinayuhan ng Department of Health (DOH) ang publiko na maging maingat sa pagbili ng mga produkto online lalo na ang mga battery operated devices. Ayon kay Health Secretary Francisco Duque III, ang mga naturang devices ay hindi laruan. Ito aniya ay nagtataglay din ng tinatawag na “concomitant health at safety hazards”. Magugunita na isang binatilyo ang nasabugan ng vape sa bibig matapos umanong makipag-swap ng […]
(Eagle News) – Maglulunsad na ang Department of Health (DOH) ng imbestigasyon, kaugnay sa pagsabog ng vape o e-cigarette na ikinasugat ng isang binatilyo. Ang biktima sa kasalukuyan ay naka-confine sa East Avenue Medical Center sa Quezon City. Ayon kay Health Secretary Francisco Duque, pupulungin niya ang mga opisyal ng Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Dapat aniyang malaman ang tunay na dahilan ng pagsabog at kung paano ni-re-regulate ang paggamit ng vape. Samantala, ipinanawagan na […]
(Eagle News) – Nais ng Department of Health na lagyan ng regulasyon ang e-cigarettes at vape. Sinabi ni Health Secretary Paulyn Ubial na hindi isinama ang mga ito sa smoking ban ngunit gagawan nila ito ng ibang probisyon. Sa ngayon ay pinag-aaralan na nila ang ukol dito. Matatandaang naglabas ng abiso ang Food and Drug Administration upang magbigay ng babala sa paggamit ng e-cigarettes. Ilang grupo man ang nagsasabing maaari itong alternatibo sa paninigarilyo, walang nakikitang […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (May 21) – To vape or not to vape… that is the question in the minds of those craving for their nicotine fix. This especially after President Rodrigo Duterte signed Executive Order No. 26, banning the smoking of tobacco products in public places, except in designated public areas. But what is vaping? Vaping means smoking an electronic cigarette or an e-cigarette. An electronic cigarette is a hand-held electronic device that creates an […]
