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00:00A group is calling for help from the Congress to solve the problem of youths using vape.
00:06One of the ways that House Committee on Ways and Means is trying to increase the use of vape products.
00:11First news, Jonathan Andal.
00:17Nick is only 18 years old.
00:19He doesn't have a real name.
00:20When he started using vape, he is now 22 years old.
00:24He continues to use vape even though it's prohibited in his house.
00:27He agreed to be interviewed on the condition that his face will not be shown.
00:31He is now addicted.
00:33I am aware that he is addicted.
00:36When you use vape, you feel calm.
00:40When I buy vape, there are some who are still in elementary school.
00:47They are using vape. I was surprised because they still have money.
00:53Vape is now an epidemic among youths.
00:57A group called Child Rights Network called for help from the Congress
01:02to solve the problem of youths using vape.
01:07We are facing a vaping epidemic and Congress has the moral obligation to address this.
01:12We call on Congress to strengthen existing measures
01:17to make tobacco products and electronic smoking devices less accessible to young people.
01:22E-cigarettes don't help people quit.
01:24In fact, it's encouraging young people to get into the habit of smoking.
01:28Based on the data of the Food and Nutrition Research Institute,
01:32presented by Representative Stella Kimbo,
01:34there were five cases of youths using vape between the ages of 10 and 19 in 2023 compared to 2021.
01:43However, the number of youths using vape decreased.
01:46It means that it's possible that some of the former smokers have switched to vaping.
01:50The chairman of the committee, Congressman Joey Salceda,
01:53wants to increase the cost of vaping by 8 pesos per pod
01:57so that the youths here won't be deceived.
02:00Increase the cost of vaping, especially in the pod,
02:03because it's really cheap compared to Yossi.
02:07One pack of cigarettes costs 200 pesos,
02:11while the vape juice used by Nick is 350 pesos,
02:15but it has been lasting for almost two months.
02:19Congresswoman Stella Kimbo wants to equalize the syntax of Yossi and vape.
02:24The FNRI data shows that even though there are more smokers using vape
02:29and the production of local tobacco is increasing,
02:31the BIR collection here has decreased in terms of excise or syntax.
02:36What I think we should do is not a moratorium,
02:44but a fair and equitable way of producing cigarettes,
02:48heated tobacco and vape products.
02:52The health advocate from UP College of Medicine wants to give a prescription
02:57for the purchase of vape so that it's limited to smokers only.
03:01The effect of vape is very different from Yossi compared to the smokers.
03:08We feel that for consideration in the House should be a bill
03:13restricting the use of vape to smokers,
03:17probably under prescription.
03:21Because when it is used by our non-smokers,
03:25they are at higher risk for smoking.
03:27When non-smokers vape,
03:30there is a fourfold increase in the risk
03:34that they will smoke manufactured cigarettes in the future.
03:39In the next hearing of the committee,
03:41the makers and sellers of vape will be called.
03:44This is the first news.
03:45Jonathan Andal for GMA Integrated News.
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