The Department of Trade and Industry confiscates vape products with flavors and packaging that can entice minors during an inspection in a store in Manila on February 16, 2023. Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News

The Department of Trade and Industry confiscates vape products with flavors and packaging that can entice minors during an inspection in a store in Manila on February 16, 2023. Such products are prohibited under Repubilc Act 11900 or the Vaporized Nicotine and Non-Nicotine Products Regulation Act. Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News

DTI-INSPECTION

Pia Gutierrez

ABS-CBN News

<p>MANILA -- <span dir="ltr" id="isPasted">The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) will begin apprehending stores selling unregistered vape products beginning September 2024, an official said Wednesday.</span></p><div><span dir="ltr"><span dir="ltr" id="isPasted"><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/2024/2/29/dti-to-create-vape-certification-facilities-1008">DTI says to establish vape certification facilities</a> <br/></span></span></div><div><span dir="ltr">&quot;Dapat ngayon nagsisimula nang mag-register yung mga nagma-manufacture at importer ng vape kasi hindi na makakapasok… yung mga produktong vape na walang ICC application or walang PS license yung manufacturer,” said Assistant Secretary Amanda Nograles of the DTI’s Consumer Protection Group.</span></div><div><span dir="ltr">“Meron tayong panahon hanggang September 2024, yung mga nakapasok sa ating market, yung mga inventory na luma na yan po kailangang inuubos po yan kasi pagdating ng September 2024 kailangan lahat either may PS mark or ICC sticker.”</span></div><div><span dir="ltr"><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/2024/5/15/bir-customs-confiscate-illicit-tobacco-products-in-separate-ops-836">BIR, Customs confiscate illicit tobacco products in separate ops</a></span></div><div><span dir="ltr"><span dir="ltr" id="isPasted">(Vape manufacturers and importers must register as early as now, because if the products have no ICC applications or the manufacturers don&#x27;t have a PS license, these products won&#x27;t be able to enter the country. We have time until September 2024--the old inventory must be sold out by then.)</span><br/></span></div><div><span dir="ltr">In April, the DTI reported that it confiscated illegal vape products worth at least P31 million.</span></div><div><span dir="ltr"><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/06/08/23/dti-confiscates-over-p42-m-vape-products">DTI confiscates over P4.2-M vape products due to violations</a></span><span dir="ltr"><br/></span></div><div><span dir="ltr">The agency is coordinating with local government units and civil organizations to raise awareness on the dangers of the use of vapes, Nograles said. </span></div><div><span dir="ltr">This, following the reported death of a minor due to severe lung injury caused by the use of vapes.<br/><br/>“Sinabi din doon sa ulat na nabasa natin na dalawang artery noong biktima ay may bara and mayroon daw consolidation sa baga iyong bata,&quot; <span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(65, 65, 65);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">Nograles noted.</span> </span></div><div><span dir="ltr">&quot;Talagang sinabi nila dahil healthy iyong bata, wala naman siyang bisyo, hindi naninigarilyo – iyon lang talaga, nakita nilang araw-araw na paggamit ng vape sa loob ng dalawang taon kaya nasabi nila na ito iyong talagang related to or caused by vape use, iyong ikinamatay noong bata, iyong biktima,” she said.</span></div><div><span dir="ltr">(The report said the minor&#x27;s 2 arteries were blocked, and there was consolidation in his lungs. Now, because they said the kid was healthy and did not smoke--we can really see that daily vaping for 2 years may have killed him.)</span></div><div><span dir="ltr"><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/5/31/ph-records-first-death-due-to-vape-related-lung-injury-1123">Philippines records first death due to vape-related lung injury</a></span></div><div><span dir="ltr"></span><br/></div><div><span dir="ltr"></span><strong>RELATED STORY:</strong></div><div><span dir="ltr"><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/MOo7tMgKsto?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span></span><br/></div>

<p>The DTI will begin apprehending stores selling unregistered vape products beginning September.</p>

The DTI will begin apprehending stores selling unregistered vape products beginning September.

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DTI to go after illegal vape stores starting September 2024

DTI to go after illegal vape stores starting September 2024

Pia Gutierrez,

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Published Jun 19, 2024 06:09 PM PHT

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