A group that advocates the use of electronic cigarettes slammed the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for accepting aid from American business groups to impose a ban on e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products (HTP), saying it was a “scandalous” act.

“This is shameful and scandalous, a Philippine regulatory body receiving money from American businessmen to draft a set of regulation they cannot even get passed in their own country,” Dr. Lorenzo Mata, head of the Quit for Good Group, said.

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