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Duterte bans vaping; orders arrest of vapers puffing in public

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MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday said he will ban the use of vaping devices or e-cigarettes in public, as well as the importation of such devices.&quot;I will ban it. I will ban it, the use and importation,&quot; Duterte told reporters.&quot;You know why? Because it is toxic, and government has the power to issue measures to protect public health and public interest,&quot; he added.<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en">Pangulo Rodrigo Duterte, inanunsyo ang pagba-ban ng importasyon ng vaping products <a href="https://t.co/BJvOWgKjNJ">pic.twitter.com/BJvOWgKjNJ</a>— DZMM TeleRadyo (@DZMMTeleRadyo) <a href="https://twitter.com/DZMMTeleRadyo/status/1196814711431389191?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 19, 2019</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div>Duterte said those who will violate his order will be arrested.&quot;Better stop it because I will order your arrest if you do it in a room. I am now ordering the law-enforcement agencies to arrest anybody vaping in public. That is like smoking,&quot; he added.The Philippines earlier confirmed its first reported case of an illness related to vaping or the use of e-cigarettes, one involving a teenage girl. <ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/11/15/19/philippines-confirms-first-case-of-vape-related-illness">Philippines confirms first case of vape-related illness</a></li></ul>The Department of Health (DOH) said it received the report on a recorded case of electronic cigarette or vaping-associated lung injury (EVALI) from Central Visayas.It said the patient is a 16-year-old girl who has been using e-cigarettes for 6 months. The health department said she was into &quot;dual use,&quot; &quot;concurrently&quot; smoking regular cigarettes.The DOH said the girl was admitted to hospital on Oct. 21 complaining of &quot;sudden-onset severe shortness of breath.&quot; The DOH earlier called for an outright ban on vaping as it warned Filipinos that e-cigarettes are not a proven nicotine replacement therapy and can cause lung illness.Around 1 million Filipinos use e-cigarettes, according to the DOH.In the United States, some 42 people have died while 2,172 were sickened from the use of e-cigarettes as of Nov. 14.More than three-quarters of those sickened used tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the primary psychoactive substance of marijuana, with or without nicotine products.Of the THC-containing products, two-thirds also tested positive for Vitamin E acetate, a cutting agent believed to be used to stretch the amount of THC oil, and an early suspect in efforts to determine the cause of the injuries, according to a Reuters report.

President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday said he will ban the use of vapes or e-cigarettes in public, as well as the importation of such devices.

President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday said he will ban the use of vapes or e-cigarettes in public, as well as the importation of such devices.