Philippines Law Enacted
On Monday, July 25th, the Philippines’ so-called Vape Bill was enacted into law, following the right path to embrace vaping
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by Dave Cross
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Importantly, the Philippine bill focuses on imposing age restrictions over 18 years, ensuring that adult smokers can access non-combustible alternatives to smoking.
Liza Katsiashvili, community manager at World Vapers’ Alliance, said: “While most policymakers are misinformed and fight against vaping, the Philippines followed the right path to embrace vaping as an effective harm reduction innovation to save lives. Other countries should follow this example and endorse smart vaping policies to ensure improved public health for millions of consumers globally.”
The World Vapers’ Alliance says it amplifies the voice of vapers around the world and empowers them to make a difference for their communities. It says its members are vapers associations as well as individual vapers from all over the world.
Liza is the Community Manager at the World Vapers’ Alliance, based in Tbilisi, Georgia. She has five years of work experience with various activist groups and grassroots movements. She holds an MA in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at the CEVRO Institute. Liza is passionate about vaping as a life-saving innovation and is a vaper herself.
The act, introduced by Senator Ralph G. Recto, indicates that the priority of the State is to adopt the harm reduction strategy, focused on smoking cessation for adult consumers. This statement is a massive victory for the vaping community in the Philippines.
Every year smoking kills nearly 100 thousand smokers in the Philippines. The progressive public health policy focusing on safer nicotine consumption is a chance to decrease illness and mortality rates, thus improving the life quality of thousands of individuals living in the Philippines.
Several local vaping associations have been campaigning in support of the Vape Bill. Among them are WVA partners from the Nicotine Consumption Union of the Philippines (NCUP).
Anton Israel, the founder of the NCUP, said: “Vapers in the Philippines are celebrating a huge victory! We believe that the vape bill is a healthcare strategy that promotes a consumer choice and opportunity for smokers to enjoy safer alternatives to combustible tobacco. The decision of the government to encourage vaping instead of discouraging it will bring huge public health benefits for the country.”
World Vapers’ Alliance stands with the decision of the Philippines senate to embrace life-saving innovation and ensure access to less harmful nicotine delivery products for the consumers, thus creating an opportunity to drastically improve public health over the years and save thousands of lives.
References:
- The World Vapers’ Alliance – www.worldvapersalliance.com
Dave Cross
Journalist at POTVDave is a freelance writer; with articles on music, motorbikes, football, pop-science, vaping and tobacco harm reduction in Sounds, Melody Maker, UBG, AWoL, Bike, When Saturday Comes, Vape News Magazine, and syndicated across the Johnston Press group. He was published in an anthology of “Greatest Football Writing”, but still believes this was a mistake. Dave contributes sketches to comedy shows and used to co-host a radio sketch show. He’s worked with numerous start-ups to develop content for their websites.
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