After intense debate, a proposed law seeking to regulate the sale and distribution of electronic cigarettes or vaping products was approved by the Senate on third and final reading on Thursday. | melvingasconINQ /PDI
“This Senate has allowed a provision in this bill that will now turn over that duty [of regulation] to the DTI. What business does the DTI have to regulate health? To ensure that the flavors and scents of those products that we inhale now [will be inhaled] by anyone that is 18 years and 1 day old?” she said.
She said that back then, the Senate intended to limit users to those at least 21 years old and to limit the flavors to plain tobacco and plain menthol, and that in discussions on sin tax laws, Congress had always given the power of regulation to the FDA. “It hurts me deeply, that I have not been able to convince my colleagues, [that] simply … allowing the FDA to do its job is not good enough for this Senate. It hurts me that I am unable to communicate that well, because what I hear, we want to give this product a chance to save lives,” she said.Cayetano also expressed regret that her colleagues had rejected her proposed amendments to the bill, including raising the age limit for allowable vape use to at least 21.
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