{"id":22456,"date":"2020-08-28T11:49:31","date_gmt":"2020-08-28T15:49:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/?p=22456"},"modified":"2020-08-28T11:49:31","modified_gmt":"2020-08-28T15:49:31","slug":"vaping-news-philippines-new-bill-approves-vape-products","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/archives\/22456","title":{"rendered":"VAPING NEWS: PHILIPPINES [New Bill Approves Vape Products]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-offset-key=\"50ehc-0-0\">&#8220;The House joint committees on Trade and Industry and Health approved a substitute bill regulating the manufacture, sale, distribution, and use of electronic cigarettes and heated tobacco products (HTPs). The substitute bill entitled the \u201cNon-Combustible Nicotine Delivery Systems Regulation Act of 2020,\u201d was approved with 88 affirmative votes, 10 negative and two abstentions after extensive discussions by the two congressional committees. The bill highlights as a policy \u201cto consider harm reduction measures as a public health strategy by ensuring that non-combustible alternatives to cigarettes are properly regulated.\u201d The proposed legislation provides that the allowable minimum age for the purchase, sale, and use of e-cigarettes and HTPs is 18 years old. The bills allow the online sale or distribution of these products through internet websites or via e-commerce and\/or other similar media. Product advertisements are allowed in-retailer establishments, through direct marketing, and on the internet. But \u201cthese shall not be aimed at or particularly appeal to persons under eighteen (18) years of age. On public use, Section 14 states that the use of e-cigarettes and HTPs shall be prohibited in all enclosed public places except in designated vaping areas (DVAs).&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>ARTICLE LINK:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/business.inquirer.net\/306071\/2-house-committees-approve-e-cigs-and-heated-tobacco-bill\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2 House committees approve e-cigs and heated tobacco bill<\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/dot.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Reddit\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"VAPING%20NEWS%3A%20PHILIPPINES%20%5BNew%20Bill%20Approves%20Vape%20Products%5D\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The House joint committees on Trade and Industry and Health approved a substitute bill regulating the manufacture, sale, distribution, and use of electronic cigarettes and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[147],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-vaping-news","wpcat-147-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22456","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22456"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22456\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22457,"href":"https:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22456\/revisions\/22457"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}