The Healthy Philippines Alliance (HPA), a network of civil society organizations advocating for noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) prevention and control, called on the national government to accelerate […]
Child Protection Groups urged the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) to enforce policies prohibiting the sale of vapes, heated tobacco products and novel tobacco products […]
Nangangamba ang grupong Arugaan na isang banta sa kalusugan ng mga ina, sanggol, at mga bata ang mga nakabinbing panukala na Corporate Social Responsibility o CSR Act sa Kongreso, lalo’t ipinigadiriwang […]
Public health advocates bat for wider smoke and vape-free spaces by prohibiting the establishment of Designated Smoking and Vaping Areas (DSVAs) to further protect the public, […]
Protecting children must remain the top priority in the enforcement of Republic Act No. 11900 or the Vaporized Nicotine and Non-Nicotine Products Regulation Act as we […]
“Gusto ko rin mabuhay nang medyo matagal eh (I’d like to live quite longer),” realized 40-year- old farm hauler Irving Caralde of Papaya, Nueva Ecija when […]
Over 112,000 Filipinos die from tobacco-related diseases each year, of which about 23 percent are male and 10 percent are female (17.5 percent overall). Meanwhile, over […]
Bad breath, rotting teeth, gum disease, and worse, oral cancer. These are just some of the damaging impacts of tobacco to oral health unless smokers quit, […]
An NGO that advocates for food sovereignty reminded lawmakers and the government that the inclusion of tobacco products among agricultural products covered under the Anti-Agricultural Smuggling […]