MANILA, Philippines – Public health advocates on Friday pressed lawmakers to impose an absolute ban on electronic cigarettes, heated tobacco products (HTPs), and other nicotine delivery systems. In a statement, health groups said the Philippines is lagging behind its Southeast Asian neighbors in protecting the public, particularly the youth, from what they described as a growing “vapedemic.” READ: PDEA-7 cautions against spread of marijuana-laced vapes Myanmar on vape ban The call came after Myanmar became the eighth member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to implement a vape ban, even as the Philippine Congress continues deliberations on proposed tax […]... Keep on reading: Impose total vape ban, PH urged as 8 ASEAN states adopt prohibition