Groups Back Clampdown on Unregistered E-Cigarettes, Laud Strict E-Cigarette Regulation
Action on Smoking & Health (ASH Philippines) and the
EcoWaste Coalition jointly commended President Rodrigo Roa Duterte for issuing
Executive Order No. 106 prohibiting the manufacture, distribution, marketing,
and sale of unregistered and/or adulterated electronic cigarettes and other
related products.
Signed last February 26, the EO requires all electronic
nicotine/non-nicotine delivery systems (ENDS/ENNDS), heated tobacco products
(HTPs), and other novel tobacco products to be registered with the Food and
Drug Administration (FDA). It bans the use, sale, or purchase of such
products by a person below 21, as well as vaping in public other than in
designated smoking/vaping areas (DSVAs), among other prohibited acts.
"We are grateful that President Duterte has remained
true to his promise to put a prime value on the health of the Filipinos and to
protect their welfare over and above the vested commercial interest of the
e-cigarette industry," said Dr. Maricar Limpin, ASH Philippines Executive
Director and National Secretary of Philippine College of Physicians.
Limpin likewise lauded Duterte for recognizing the FDA as
the lead agency to regulate e-cigarettes. "The president has the wisdom to
ensure that e-cigarettes be regulated by the appropriate government agency that
has the mandate and the capacity to do so," she said, noting that “FDA has
the proper knowledge and expertise to determine the safety of ENDS/ENNDS and
HTPs."
“We welcome the government’s latest public health policy,
which will help in protecting users and the general public from the dangers of
consuming e-cigarettes, particularly the nicotine content in the e-liquids that
is often not sufficiently disclosed on product labeling,” said Thony Dizon,
Chemical Safety Campaigner, EcoWaste Coalition, an advocate for a zero waste
and toxics-free society.
“Even though nicotine is known to be acutely toxic, we
find e-liquids poorly labeled in terms of providing safety information that is
required for harmful mixtures, including risk-related indications, especially
if the product is ingested or comes into contact with the skin,” he noted.
“We are also concerned with the inappropriate packaging
of some e-liquids that make them attractive to children such as the misleading
use of the term ‘juice,’ images of fruits and candy-sounding brand names,” he
said, adding “a child could be accidentally exposed to such harmful mixtures.”
In the furtherance of the people’s basic right to health,
ASH Philippines and the EcoWaste Coalition urged the 18th Congress to take
their cue from the chief executive in the regulation of e-cigarettes and not do
anything that will thwart or weaken E.O. 106.
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Reference:
https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/2020/02/26/executive-order-no-106-s-2020/
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