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DOH launches tobacco cessation contest for smokers, vapers

The Department of Health (DOH) on Tuesday launched a tobacco cessation contest to encourage smokers and vapers of all ages to quit the vice and win cash prizes.

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Government told: Evali cases to come with PH as vape manufacturing hub

ANTI-TOBACCO advocates on Friday, August 11, 2023, warned the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) that advocating for the Philippines as a manufacturing hub for vaping and heated tobacco products (HTP) would also result in the country becoming a center for e-cigarette or vaping product use-associated lung injury (Evali) cases.

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DoH warns vs vape investments

THE Department of Health (DoH) urged the country's economic managers to consider the effect on public health of allowing more investments in the local electronic cigarette industry. The DoH issued the statement after Trade Undersecretary Ceferino Rodolfo called on manufacturers of heated tobacco products (HTPs) to do business in the Philippines.

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New Rules for Vape Supplier Imports

The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) in the Philippines said it will require importers of raw materials for vaping products to seek special clearances to release their shipments.

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DOH launches tobacco cessation contest for smokers, vapers

The Department of Health (DOH) on Tuesday launched a tobacco cessation contest to encourage smokers and vapers of all ages to quit the vice and win cash prizes.

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The relationship between heated cigarette smoking and blood white blood cell count: a population-based cross-sectional study

Objectives: Conventional cigarette smoking increases inflammation and white blood cell (WBC) counts. However, there have been limited studies on the relationship between heated cigarette smoking and WBC counts. This study aimed to examine this relationship using nationally representative population-based health data.

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Factors associated with Korean adolescent's e-cigarette use by the severity level of generalized anxiety disorder (GAD-7)

Background: The use of e-cigarette among Korean adolescents is spreading with alarming rapidity, but it has not been studied along with the severity level of GAD-7. This study aims to identify adolescents' e-cigarette use and its associated factors among four different anxiety groups using the problem behavioral theory (PBT).

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Kenya: Alcohol, tobacco exempt from tax hikes in recent budget announcement

Kenya has for the first time spared the main targeted excisable goods - alcohol, cigarettes and nicotine products - from fresh tax hikes as the government shifts focus to other areas to raise a colossal Ksh2.57 trillion in revenue to fund the next budget.

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