Kwiintsuku ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo kwiiPhilippines, uMphathiswa wezeMpilo wabiza ukulawulwa kwe-e-cigarettes. Esi sicelo silandela ukugqabhuka kwebhetri ebusweni kunye nokutsha kakubi komntwana oneminyaka elishumi elinesixhenxe ubudala.
ISIZATHU SOKULAWULA I-E-CIGARETTES EPHILIPPINES!
Ingozi, intombazana eneminyaka eli-17 ubudala yatsha ebusweni… Kwakwanele ukuba iSebe lezeMpilo lincome ukulawulwa kwe-e-cigarettes. Eli khwelo lide lamkelwa yi-WHO (World Health Organization) kunye ne-Philippine E-Cigarette Industry Association.
Ngexesha lenkomfa yabezindaba, i-DOH (iSebe lezeMpilo) u-Undersecretary Rolando Enrique Domingo uthe: Ulawulo lokutya kunye neziyobisi lwasePhilippines kufuneka lulawule ukusetyenziswa komphunga kunye nazo zonke izixhobo ezikwaziyo ukuhambisa inikotini ” yongeza" Asinqweneli ukulawula oko zikuqulathileyo kuphela kodwa nezinto zangaphandle eziquka ezo zinokugqabhuka".
Ulawulo lokunyuka komphunga luya kufuna umthetho kwaye ngoku iibhili malunga nalo mbandela zisalindile kwiCongress. Okwangoku, uRolando Enrique Domingo ucebisa ukuba iimveliso zomphunga zibhaliswe kwaye zingqinisiswe, ukwahlasela i-e-liquids ethi " isenokuba neekhemikhali eziyingozi".
KUBANI, EZI MVELISO “ZINEMIPHUMELA ENGABI KWIMPILO”
Ukulandela ezi zibhengezo, uMbutho wezeMpilo weHlabathi (i-WHO) awuzange unqikaze ukuxhasa esi siphakamiso sokulawulwa kwe-e-cigarettes.
« Siyixhasa ngokupheleleyo i-Ofisi yoMphathiswa wezeMpilo kweli khwelo lemigaqo emalunga nokusetyenziswa kwezi zixhobo. Kucacile ukuba ezi mveliso leyo 
ibe nefuthe kwimpilo, isiphumo esibi kwimpilo", watsho UGqr Gundo Weiler, Ummeli we-WHO kwiiPhilippines.
La Philippine E-Cigarette Industry Association (PECIA), inxalenye yayo igcina “ ummiselo olungileyo osekelwe kubungqina benzululwazi obungenamkhethe kunye nophando oluthembekileyo kunye neziphumo".
Umongameli wePECIA, UJoey Dulay, wathi inxalenye yeengcebiso zabo " kukugunyazisa kuphela ukusetyenziswa nokuthengiswa kwezixhobo zomphunga ezilawulwayo okanye eziguquguqukayo ezineempawu zokhuseleko kwaye zithobela imigangatho yemveliso ye-DTI.".
