Top medical experts said the Vape Bill offers the best chance to end the smoking epidemic that affects more than 16 million adult Filipinos once enacted into law.
“We must do everything we can to end the smoking epidemic once and for all and the Vape Bill is our greatest chance to do that,” said Dr. Dante Dator, former executive director of the National Kidney and Transplant Institute.
The last comprehensive law to regulate tobacco products was enacted almost 20 years ago when the Tobacco Regulation Act was passed in 2003 following a massive public campaign called “Yosi Kadiri” by the late health secretary and senator Juan Flavier. Since then, there are more than 16 million smokers in the country today with a very low annual quit rate of 4 percent.
Dr. Fernando Fernandez, past president of the Philippine Dental Association and current secretary general of the Asia Pacific Dental Federation, said that with proper regulation of vape and heated tobacco products under the Vape Bill, “many smokers, including those patients of mine, will be able to stop smoking once and for all.”
It also prohibits the sale of vape products within 100 meters of schools, playgrounds and facilities frequented especially by minors. “I think this is also what the public wants especially those members of family households that are sick and tired of smelling cigarette smoke. Indeed, a very comprehensive regulatory law such as the Vape Bill is what we need to cut down smoking rates,” said Dr. Luna.
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