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9 Dec 2025
4:40PM
Philippines urged to tighten online vape marketing to youth
New research from the Institute for Global Tobacco Control (IGTC) at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health warns that online marketing of vapes in the Philippines is echoing the same tactics long used to hook young people on cigarettes, from candy-style flavors to cartoons and party imagery.
4 Mar 2025
9:28AM
Lucio Tan’s tobacco empire faces black market surge as 1 in 5 PH cigarettes may be illegal
The country’s largest manufacturer of cigarettes sounded the alarm on the rising illicit cigarette trade, warning that over one in five cigarettes sold in the Philippines in 2025 could be illegal.
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