MANILA, Philippines — A proposed legislation that would regulate the importation, manufacture, sale, packaging, distribution, use, and consumption of vapor and heated tobacco products has reached the Senate plenary for deliberations.
This, as Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto on Wednesday endorsed for plenary approval Senate Bill No. 2239.
“Let me begin by reciting the fundamental truths about smoking. It is bad. It is harmful. It is dangerous. It kills. Long before George Floyd uttered it, ‘I can’t breathe’ has been the dying mantra of millions whose lives were cut short one lungful inhalation of smoke at a time,” Recto said in his sponsorship speech.
“I have to re…
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