VAPING. A man blows vapor from an e-cigarette. File photo by Justin Sullivan / AFPmade 21 the minimum age to purchase and use e-cigarettes, some House of Representatives members are looking to lower it to 18.
“Allowing 18-year-olds to have access to e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products, I think, would not pose a serious threat to the youth simply because our laws determine the age of 18 as the age of majority. I think that is [reason] enough,” said Surigao del Norte Representative Robert Ace Barbers, author of an e-cigarette regulation bill.
The new excise tax law also prohibits flavored juices and pods apart from tobacco and menthol to lessen youth appeal. Garcia and health groups like the SEATCA push for the minimum access age to an even higher 25 years old. “In driving, for example, 17 is the minimum age [to drive with a licensed adult]. That’s because we want to prevent impulsive drivers – it involves your prefrontal cortex. Our perspective is we raise the minimum age for [e-cigarettes] now, and then Congress should also raise the minimum age for tobacco and alcohol,” said Dorotheo.
What? What happened to duterte saying they are illegal? I want my vape back from the PNP
why?
Well these congressmen proved the science is wrong, apparently even at the age of these congressmen, they havent reached maturity yet.
Who were the congressmen who voted to lower age? You have to inform your readers. Si Barbers... Note surprising.... Backward thinker nga yan... DDS eh.
As if age really stopped younger people 🙄
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