00:00The health department informed the public that the e-cigarette was avoided, especially one person who died because of the use of vape.
00:09It was surprising and shocking.
00:13This 21-year-old man has been using vape for a year. He said he didn't use it for smoking. He used vape because it doesn't have a smell and it reduces waste.
00:25I don't use e-cigarettes because if there's no garbage around you, you just throw it away.
00:32He was able to use vape because of online rumors.
00:36I saw this online because they were endorsing it.
00:41According to the survey of Global Youth Tobacco in 2019,
00:45one in seven Filipinos aged 13 to 15 years old is already using e-cigarettes or vape.
00:54Under World No Tobacco Day, led by DOH, doctors and experts,
01:01they also stated that e-cigarettes or vape can cause illness.
01:07It was called e-cigarette or vaping product use-associated lung injury or EVALI.
01:14When you use vape, your blood vessels become hard.
01:20According to the DOH, they were able to identify EVALI cases in the country since 2019.
01:28One of them was found in Hue last year. He was a patient of Pulmonary UPPGH.
01:35This one is a 22-year-old male.
01:38Healthy, sporty, no habs, no vices, non-smoker.
01:44He went to PGH because his lungs were tight and he has a tumor.
01:49The patient has no illness.
01:51But according to the results of the patient's examinations,
01:56his heart and lungs were damaged.
02:00His lungs were white.
02:06In layman's terms, we can say that his clear lungs were wiped out
02:13because the vape chemicals induced inflammation and inflammation were blocked.
02:22They also have a prescription to check if a patient's illness is considered EVALI.
02:29There are criteria. He should be vaping for 90 days.
02:33He has no comorbidities. He has no other illness.
02:37He has no diabetes, no ulta-pression, no cardiometabolic,
02:41the one that damages the lipid profile, high cholesterol.
02:45He has a negative respiratory panel.
02:49He has no bacteria, no virus, no fungus.
02:52Because of this, the health department warned the public not to smoke or vape.
02:59If in love, you don't let it happen,
03:02you don't give hope,
03:04you're very angry,
03:06is this where you let it happen in the industry?
03:09It's still smoking.
03:11Avoid smoking and vaping.
03:15The DOH continues to ban tobacco products, e-cigarettes, and vapes in the country.
03:23Noel Talacay for Pambansang TV in Bagong, Philippines.
