Manufacturers of e-cigarettes will be able to submit products for approval in the same way as other medicines available on the NHS.
Scientists found that current and former e-cigarette users were 1.3 times more likely to develop chronic lung disease, while tobacco smokers increased their risk by a factor of 2.6.
Duterte is notorious internationally for his deadly anti-narcotics crackdown, but he has also imposed a wide-ranging ban on smoking in public that is part of his pledge to get tough on public disorder.
India has 106 million adult smokers, second only to China in the world, making it a lucrative market for companies producing vaping products.
Some operators are cashing in on the CBD craze by substituting cheap and illegal synthetic marijuana for real CBD in vapes and edibles such as gummy bears, an investigation has found.
The Trump administration has announced plans to restrict the sale of vapes after a spate of deaths.
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