Tobacco industry supports plan to ban disposable vapes

The tobacco industry has expressed its willingness to support a proposal of the Department of Finance to ban disposable vapes, especially if proven that these are hazardous not just to health, but to the environment as well.

- DELON PORCALLA

Candon Mayor Eric Singson said he is open to the proposal of Finance Secretary Ralph Recto to ban disposable vapes, also known as e-cigarettes.

Several countries in Europe including the United Kingdom, Ireland and Belgium have imposed a ban due to the growing incidence of illicit vapes.

"If that is the trend, then maybe there is a very good reason for banning it. If it's something of a health concern to the users, especially the minors, then I'm open to it," Singson told The STAR in an interview in this tobacco-producing province in Northern Luzon.

"If it is really hazardous to a person's health, then it's OK with me, we will subscribe to regulation, just like the Tobacco Regulation Act," Singson said.