{"id":50582,"date":"2019-11-22T11:00:38","date_gmt":"2019-11-22T03:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/?p=50582"},"modified":"2019-11-22T18:17:03","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T10:17:03","slug":"what-you-need-to-know-about-the-vaping-ban-in-the-ph","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/2019\/11\/22\/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-vaping-ban-in-the-ph\/","title":{"rendered":"What You Need to Know About the Vaping Ban in the PH"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>President Rodrigo Duterte ordered the ban on the use and importation of vapes<\/strong>, the tobacco-free electronic cigarettes that are widely being used as an alternative to smoking tobacco.<\/p>\n<p>However, as of the writing of this article, the\u00a0Palace has not issued an Executive Order (EO) implementing the ban.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-50590\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/11\/Duterte-PCOO.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/11\/Duterte-PCOO.jpg 800w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/11\/Duterte-PCOO-290x218.jpg 290w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/11\/Duterte-PCOO-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/11\/Duterte-PCOO-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>President Rodrigo Roa Duterte holds a press conference at the Malaca\u00f1an Palace on November 19, 2019\/IMAGE Presidential Photo<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The verbal statement from the President\u00a0follows\u00a0the country&#8217;s first case of vaping-related injury when a 16-year-old girl was hospitalized after vaping for half a year; she has since been released from the hospital.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s being used by the youth of this country with gusto, not realizing the danger,\u201d President Duterte told reporters.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"tl\" dir=\"ltr\">Pangulo Rodrigo Duterte, inanunsyo ang pagba-ban ng importasyon ng vaping products <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BJvOWgKjNJ\">pic.twitter.com\/BJvOWgKjNJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; DZMM TeleRadyo (@DZMMTeleRadyo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DZMMTeleRadyo\/status\/1196814711431389191?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 19, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Currently, there are no government regulations for vapes<\/strong>.\u00a0There is a pending tax increase in tobacco products and vapor products under <a href=\"https:\/\/www.officialgazette.gov.ph\/2019\/07\/25\/republic-act-no-11346\/\" target=\"_blank\">Section 2 of Republic Act 11346<\/a>. However, this\u00a0has\u00a0yet to be implemented in 2020 and is now facing the possibility of being revoked following the President&#8217;s ban.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c&#8230;the House Committee on Ways and Means will seek the repeal of Section 2 of Republic Act 11346 to implement the position of the President to ban vape and HTPs (heated tobacco products),\u201d panel chairperson Joey Salceda of Albay told CNN Philippines.<\/p>\n<p><em>Also read: <a href=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/2017\/07\/14\/nationwide-smoking-ban-to-take-effect-on-july-22\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nationwide Smoking Ban to take effect on July 22<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-50592\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/11\/vaping2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/11\/vaping2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/11\/vaping2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/11\/vaping2-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Even without an EO, the\u00a0PNP acts to\u00a0bring in any person caught vaping in public, confiscate their vaping paraphernalia, and list their names in a blotter before releasing them with a warning.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is yet unclear is if this directive includes vaping in allowed smoking areas.<\/strong> So far, the PNP base their actions on EO 26, which is a ban on smoking in public spaces although the order does not explicitly\u00a0include e-cigarettes.<\/p>\n<p><em>Also read: <a href=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/2018\/05\/21\/bgc-announces-location-of-temporary-smoking-areas\/\" target=\"_blank\">BGC announces location of Temporary Smoking Areas<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Bi\u00f1an City Rep. Marlyn Alonte filed House Bill 5561 at the House of Representatives on November 20. This is the proposed <strong>Tobacco and Vaping Regulation Act<\/strong>,\u00a0which proposes to include vaping in the same category as tobacco products and apply the same strict regulations.<\/p>\n<p>Reports of suspected\u00a0electronic cigarette or vaping-associated lung injury cases may be sent to <a href=\"mailto:ecigarettesurveillance@doh.gov.ph\" target=\"_blank\">ecigarettesurveillance@doh.gov.ph<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Sources: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.doh.gov.ph\/press-release\/DOH-FDA-recieves-first-PH-case-report-of-E-Cigarette-or-Vape-Associated-Lung-Inury%28EVALI%29\" target=\"_blank\">Department of Health PR<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.officialgazette.gov.ph\/2019\/07\/25\/republic-act-no-11346\/\" target=\"_blank\">Official Gazette<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pna.gov.ph\/articles\/1086606\" target=\"_blank\">Philippine News Agency<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnnphilippines.com\/news\/2019\/11\/20\/House-of-Representatives-vape-tax-Rodrigo-Duterte.html\" target=\"_blank\">CNN Philippines<br \/>\n<\/a>Image grabbed from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pcoo.gov.ph\/photos\/?post_id=101487\" target=\"_blank\">Presidential Communications Operations Office<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PNP are bringing in any person caught vaping in public, confiscate their vaping paraphernalia, and list their names in a blotter before releasing them with a warning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":50590,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[11727,281,1341,2649,7828,11729,11736,11728],"class_list":["post-50582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-current-events","tag-executive-order","tag-philippine-president","tag-president-duterte","tag-president-rodrigo-duterte","tag-tobacco-tax","tag-vape-ban","tag-vape-van-in-the-philippines","tag-vaping"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/11\/Duterte-PCOO.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50582","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50582"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50582\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50608,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50582\/revisions\/50608"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50590"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}