00:00Nearly 3 million pieces of legal vapes and accessories were confiscated and obliterated
00:05by the Bureau of Customs or BOC earlier this morning.
00:08President Ferdinand R. Marcus Jr. himself led the dismantling of the smuggled electronic
00:14cigarettes.
00:15The products are unlicensed, lack health warnings, and their packagings are designed to entice
00:20children and get them hooked.
00:22According to the Vaporized Nicotine and Non-Nicotine Products Regulation Law, vape products sold
00:27in the market must have certification, a tax stamp, or proof of tax payment, a health
00:32warning, and most importantly, there must be no flavor descriptors that entice young
00:37people to try, buy, and habitually smoke them.
00:57We do not know about the manufacturing process that they go through before they come here.
01:20So we do not know if this is safe or not.
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