'Vaping has been around for 20 years at least,' Mr Asa, president of Ends Cigarette Smoking Thailand, told the podcast. 'We have hundreds of thousands of testimonials of people saying vaping is safer.

Advertised as a “healthier alternative” to cigarettes, the device is worsening the already serious problem of smoking in the Philippines, especially among young people – the 10 to 18 year olds.

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