Davao to include e-cigarettes in smoking ban

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By Marjorie Gorospe

DAVAO CITY, DAVAO— The local government said it will include electronic-cigarettes (e-cigarettes) in its city-wide smoking ban.

According to Dr. Domilyn Villareiz, chief of the Davao Anti Smoking Task Force, using an e-cigarette still emulates the act of smoking. “If we allow these e-cigarette smokers, it is like tolerating the acts of smoking,” Villareiz said.

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One comment to “Davao to include e-cigarettes in smoking ban”

  1. iQ-0 on January 7th, 2012 at 11:01 pm

    parang ewan lang e, its not smoking, its VAPING!
    VAPOR! not SMOKE! hays, dami pa din ang ignorante na ayaw sa pagbabago.
    hindi mo din pwede itigil ng biglaan ang Yosi kaya may alternative way to stop na hindi mahirap sa katawan. hindi biglaan.

    dapat din kasi palitan na pangalan ng E-Cigarette gawin nang Vaping Equipment! or whaterver basta walang Cigarette…

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