President Rodrigo Duterte (Photo by Yummie Dingding)
Following his directive to ban the use of e-cigarettes and importation of vape products in the country, President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday defended his move, saying that he allows the manufacture and importation of tobacco because they are being taxed and regulated by the government.
In his speech during the launch of the Taguig Elderly Center, the President stressed that the country’s laws allow cigarette manufacture and the importation of tobacco because the government can tax them.
“Cigarette is allowed. Why cannot we ban cigarettes? Why? Because we allow its manufacture and maybe the importation of tobacco. We allow it and then we tax them,” said Duterte.
The President also stressed that vape products contain nicotine and other unknown chemicals, and are not regulated by the country’s Food and Drug Administration.
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To recall, Duterte on Tuesday announced that he banning the use of vaping devices in public, as well as the importation of such devices.
“I do not want anyone in the Philippines vaping. The executive order will come,” Duterte earlier said.
The Philippines has confirmed its first reported case of an illness related to vaping or the use of e-cigarettes, one involving a teenage girl.
The Department of Health (DoH) said it received the report on a recorded case of electronic cigarette or vaping-associated lung injury (EVALI) from the Central Visayas — a 16-year-old girl who had been smoking both regular cigarettes and e-cigarettes for six months.
