Philippines’ Rodrigo Duterte to arrest those vaping in public, for their health
The importation of e-cigarettes is to be banned in the country after a vaping teenager contracted the mystery lung illness
20 November 2019 - 17:23
Manila — Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte said he will stop the importation of e-cigarettes and prohibit their use in public after a teenager contracted a lung illness tied to vaping.
“I will ban it, the use and the importation,” Duterte said at a televised briefing on Tuesday evening. “I am now ordering the law enforcement agencies to arrest anybody vaping in public.” E-cigarettes contain “nicotine and other chemicals that we do not know”, he said...
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