DOH cautions vs marketing Philippines as hub for heated tobacco productsThis photo illustration shows a customer smoking at a vape store in Manila on November 20, 2019MANILA, Philippines — Marketing the Philippines as a manufacturing hub for e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products (HTPs) may exacerbate the tobacco epidemic in the country, the Department of Health cautioned Thursday. The Philippine News Agency reported the Department of Trade and Industry urged HTP manufacturers to make the Philippines the next destination for their factories as local demand for heated tobacco devices increases. Vaporized Nicotine and Non-Nicotine Products Regulation Act lapsed into law in July 2022. The measure mandates the DTI to regulate vaporized nicotine and non-nicotine products. Only duly-registered vaporized nicotine and non-nicotine products with the applicable graphic health warnings are allowed to be sold, advertised or distributed.

Source: Philippine Star August 03, 2023 19:05 UTC