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This photo illustration shows a customer smoking at a vape store in Manila on November 20, 2019

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MANILA, Philippines — Medical groups renewed their appeal to President Rodrigo Duterte to veto a proposed measure seeking to lower the age of access to vaporized nicotine and non-nicotine products to 18 from 21.

 

In a briefing Wednesday, doctors from various medical societies stressed that lowering the age of access to vapor products will expose Filipinos, especially the youth, to harmful substances.

 

Dr. Minerva Calimag, president of the Philippine Medical Association, said the Vaporized Nicotine Products Regulation Bill contradicts the policies to safeguard the well-being of the citizens.

 

Full Story: https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2022/06/08/2186957/medical-groups-renew-call-veto-vape-bill

 

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