MANILA, (PIA) — Senator Win Gatchalian criticized online shopping platforms, including Shopee, Lazada, Tiktok Shop, Facebook Market, and Instagram, for allowing the sale of illicit tobacco and vapor ...

Illicit cigarette trade pushed smoking prevalence in the Philippines from 14.6 percent in 2021 to 18.9 percent in 2023, based ...

The worst fears of those who opposed and criticized Republic Act No. 11900 or the Vaporized Nicotine and Non-Nicotine ...

The Senate Committee on Ways and Means on Wednesday said illicit trade has been a major factor in the rise of smoking prevalence in the Philippines and a drop in revenue from excise taxes on tobacco ...

The Vape Law, or Republic Act 11900, was made to control vaping and help reduce smoking in the Philippines. But instead of solving the problem, it made things w ...

Tobacco harm reduction experts warned that Vietnam's plan to ban the use of e-cigarettes would deprive smokers of better alternatives and encourage them ...

The Senate and various health advocates have expressed alarm over the information that the country gained 9.5 million new ...

Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian on Wednesday raised the alarm on the proliferation of illegal cigarettes and vape products on online ...

THE GOVERNMENT should raise taxes on tobacco and vape products to cut their use by Filipinos, according to the Action on Smoking & Health (ASH) Philippines. “The buying capacity of Filipinos has ...

The national government on Wednesday was asked to recalibrate its taxation of all standard tobacco products given the expected increase in the country’s smokers in the ...

Congress is introducing new measures that will affect how cigarettes, other tobacco products and electronic cigarettes (vaping products) will be taxed in the coming years. One bill proposes a new ...

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