VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Smoke-free alternatives to cigarettes explained
Barely 15 months after President Rodrigo Duterte banned βthe use, sale or purchase of e-cigarettes and tobacco productsβ to persons below 21 years old, the House of Representatives approved a bill lowering to 18 the minimum age of persons who can buy heated tobacco products (HTPs) and electronic nicotine/non-nicotine delivery systems (ENDs/ENNDS). House Bill No. 9007 or the Non-Combustible Nicotine Delivery Systems Regulation Act, passed on third and final reading last May, also allows, among others, online marketing and sale of HTPs and ENDs/ENNDS, subject to safeguards. […]
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