Cebu City, Philippines—The police in Central Visayas said it will start apprehending persons who will be using e-cigarettes in public places.
Police Colonel Roderick Mariano, director of Cebu Police Provincial Office (CPPO) said they have given the instructions to all the commanders under the region to start apprehending and confiscating on Wednesday, November 20, 2019.
This comes after President Rodrigo Duterte announced on Tuesday night, that he will be banning the use and importation of e-cigarettes.
Read: Duterte bans use, importation of e-cigarettes
President Duterte on Tuesday, November 19, 2019, announced the banning of e-cigarettes in the country.
Duterte said he would ban the use and importation of vaping or e-cigarettes.
“Vaping is also dangerous, I am banning it,” Duterte said in a hastily called press conference In Malacañang on Tuesday night.
Persons who will be apprehended will only be given a warning for the meantime and will not be imprisoned yet. /bmjo