Manila, June 9 -- Mayor Benjamin Magalong on Monday warned that the city government will crack down on illegal vape sales to protect residents from the health risks of smoking and vaping.

"No illegal activity will thrive without being apprehended. We will stop them because we know Baguio residents support a healthy city," Magalong said during the Cordillera Migrants' Day celebration.

The mayor stressed that the city's anti-smoking and anti-vaping stance remains uncompromising.

On June 5, the Smoke-Free Task Force-working with the Baguio City Police Office Intelligence Unit and the Health Services Office's Environmental Health and Sanitation Division-confiscated roughly PHP600,000 worth of vape pods and batteries from a social media inf...