Vapers urge solons to regulate e-cigarettes differently from conventional cigarettes

  Vapers in the Philippines are appealing to legislators to regulate electronic cigarettes differently from conventional cigarettes, given the emerging evidence showing that e-cigarettes or “vapes” are a less harmful alternative to tobacco and a viable quit-smoking tool. Vapers Philippines recommended the non-inclusion of e-cigarettes in the Tobacco Regulation Act (RA 9211), i.e., separate and distinct regulatory framework for e-cigarettes …