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P6.5 billion vapes seized in 11 months – BOC

By Evelyn Macairan | October 7, 2024 - 12:00am

Smuggled vape products valued at P6.5 billion have been confiscated by the Bureau of Customs (BOC) in a span of 11 month...

Nation

BOC recovers cannabis oil vapes

By Emmanuel Tupas | July 20, 2024 - 12:00am

Meanwhile, Bureau of Customs (BOC) operatives recovered a parcel that had been abandoned at the DHL warehouse near the Ninoy...

Nation

Tobacco industry supports plan to ban disposable vapes

By Delon Porcalla | April 19, 2024 - 12:00am

The tobacco industry has expressed its willingness to support a proposal of the Department of Finance to ban disposable vapes,...

Business

EDITORIAL - Vaping minors

March 19, 2024 - 12:00am

Law enforcement agencies are expressing alarm over the increasing use of vapes by minors, and the rise in the illegal importation of prohibited substances used in e-cigarettes. The problem should not come as a surprise,...

Opinion

BOC seizes P3 billion vapes

By Ghio Ong | March 2, 2024 - 12:00am

Over P3 billion worth of alleged smuggled electronic cigarettes or vapes from China were seized from two warehouses in the...

Nation

Unleashing a monster

By Mary Ann LL. Reyes | February 24, 2024 - 12:00am

There is now a growing trend globally to ban disposable vapes.

Business

House passes bill limiting vapes, e-cigs to ages 18 up

By Edu Punay | May 28, 2021 - 12:00am

The bill regulating the sale and use of e-cigarettes and vapes in the country was passed by the House of Representatives last...

Headlines

Bill regulating e-cigarettes, vapes OK’d on second reading

By Edu Punay | May 21, 2021 - 12:00am

A measure regulating the sale and use of e-cigarettes and vapes in the country has been approved in the House of Represe...

Headlines

Juul to pull out of Philippines, 10 other countries

By Agence France-Presse | September 3, 2020 - 4:07pm

In countries like Indonesia and the Philippines, Juul faced hard times from government efforts to heavily tax vapor products,...

Business

House eyes revisions on vapes regulation

By Edu Punay | March 1, 2020 - 12:00am

Lawmakers are looking at revising regulations on e-cigarettes and vapes set in President Duterte’s executive order...

Headlines