00:00President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. himself was the first to break the 3 billion peso smuggled electronic cigarette.
00:10Details of this were reported by Clayzel Pardilla of PTV Manila.
00:19The Pizon was rolled up and crushed by the Bureau of Customs.
00:23Almost 3 million pieces of illegal vape and its accessories.
00:30President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. himself was the first to break the 3 billion peso smuggled electronic cigarette.
00:42The products were not licensed.
00:45There was no health warning.
00:47And the package was made for children.
00:50It's very worrying because if we look at the packaging,
00:56the packaging is really for children.
00:59That's why the target market is for children.
01:02They want to teach the children how to be addicted to vape.
01:06Vaping is even more dangerous because it contains drugs.
01:13Because we don't know, we don't have an inspection.
01:16It's smuggled.
01:17We don't have an inspection.
01:18We don't know where it came from.
01:20We do not know about the manufacturing process that they go through before they come here.
01:27So we don't know if it's safe or not.
01:30According to the Vaporized Nicotine and Non-Nicotine Products Regulation Law,
01:35the vape sold in the market must have a certification, tax stamp, or proof that it was paid by the buoys.
01:43Warning that it's dangerous.
01:45Most of all, there is no flavor descriptor that is suitable for children and adults.
01:51The broken vape is worth more than 3 billion pesos.
01:55From the 10 separate operations conducted by the DOC.
01:59We assure you that you will also be harmed.
02:02Those who import it, those who do not pay the waste and those who illegally import the products.
02:08The long arm of the law will catch up on you.
02:10It's a violation of RA 11900, our nicotine, and on the part of the Bureau,
02:16our violation and smuggling under the CMTA.
02:19They will be jailed because it's a criminal case.
02:23President Marcos assessed the DOC in the successful operation against smuggling in 2024.
02:30The agency received more than 6.6 billion pesos in smuggled vape products.
02:36That's part of the 85 billion pesos worth of illegal products caught by the DOC.
02:44From PTV, Kalei Zalfordilla, Balitang Pambansa.
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