According to the Philippine Inquirer, the Philippine Senate approved the proposed regulation of nicotine-containing e-cigarette products on December 16.

Senate Bill No. 2239 transfers the supervision of e-cigarette products from the power of the Philippine Food and Drug Administration to the Department of Trade and Industry.

According to Vaping360, part of the reason for this move was outrage at the news that Bloomberg Charitable Foundation-supported groups funded the FDA to influence the agency's strict e-cigarette restrictions.

The legislation prohibits the sale of e-cigarette products to people under the age of 18, and prohibits the sale of e-cigarettes within 100 meters of “anywhere” frequented by schools, playgrounds or other minors.

The bill also prohibits celebrities or social media influencers from approving e-cigarette products.

Physical and online retailers or distributors must be registered with the Ministry of Trade and Industry and the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The initiator of the bill and the president pro tempore of the Senate, Ralf Rector, said that the switch to nicotine-containing e-cigarette products "is a good public policy."

"Society will reduce the number of deaths and costs in treating patients. This is the direction that many countries and more developed economies are moving in," Rector added.

The Philippine House of Representatives passed a similar bill overwhelmingly in May. The two bills will now be submitted to a conference committee, where they will coordinate, and the two houses will vote on the final version. Then, the unification bill will be submitted to President Rodrigo Duterte for signing into law or vetoing it.

The tobacco control team is lobbying the president to veto the bill when it reaches his desk. The veto power can be vetoed by two-thirds of the votes of both houses.

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