AnaKalusugan Party-list Rep. Ray Reyes (Facebook) A pro-health solon has hailed President Marcos' directive for the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) to clamp down on illegal vape products and cigarettes. "We share the President's concern as...
Zambales 1st district Rep. Jefferson "Jay" Khonghun (PPAB) House Assistant Majority Leader and Zambales 1st district Rep. Jefferson "Jay" Khonghun has expressed support for President Marcos’ directive to strengthen efforts against the smuggling of...
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) announced that it will begin confiscating vape products lacking tax stamps starting in June and will enforce legal consequences on individuals caught with these items. In a statement, BIR Commissioner Romeo D. Lumagui Jr. said that vape manufacturers and...
(Unsplash) AnaKalusugan Party-list Rep. Ray Reyes says the mandate of regulating vape products must be transferred from Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Reyes made this...
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has announced a new requirement for tax stamps to be affixed on all vape products sold in the country. Effective June 1, 2024, the BIR's Revenue Memorandum Circular 59-2024 mandated the use of 4th Generation Internal Revenue Stamps on vapor products. The...
Senator Christopher "Bong Go" is looking forward to the full and faithful implementation of the policy on graphic health warnings (GHWs) on vape products or vapes. The agency has already urged manufacturers, importers, distributors, and sellers to comply with the upcoming enforcement of GHWs on...
Senator Pia Cayetano criticized the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) over its lack of urgency to enforce provisions of the Vape Law or Republic Act No. 11900. Cayetano noted that up until now the DTI has yet to release mechanisms on the use of vapes and other non-nicotine products...
EMBARGOED SUNDAY FOR MONDAY ISSUE Tobacco farmers are pushing for the enactment of stricter vape regulations to combat the surge in illegal and disposable products that are harming their livelihoods. Nearly a hundred thousand members of the Philippine Tobacco Growers Association (PTGA) and the...
The Department of Health (DOH) on Thursday, April 11, expressed its concern over the "advertisement tactics" in the vape industry. Photo from Pixabay “Yung vape industry naman, kapag nakita niyo ‘yung mga advertisement, may cartoons pa eh– pang attraction talaga ng bata (The vape...
Electronic cigarettes or vape worth P151.1 million in taxes were seized by the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) in three warehouses in Manila City and Rizal province. In a statement, BIR Commissioner Romeo D. Lumagui Jr. reported that a total of 63,139 units of illegal vape products that have...
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), through the Fair-Trade Enforcement Bureau (FTEB), reported it has sealed or pulled out uncertified various products worth more than P6 million year to date. From January to March 15, 2024, the DTI said it has already cracked down a total of 28,750...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go on Sunday, March 10 has expressed his support to the government’s plan to ban the sale of disposable vapes in the country, saying the unregulated sale of these products especially in the online market has a detrimental effect to young Filipinos. Go,...
