May 25, 2022

Exposure to secondhand smoke increases risk of getting lung cancer

Non-smoking adults who are exposed to secondhand smoke (SHS) at home or at work have a 25 to 30 percent increased risk of developing lung cancer […]
August 18, 2020

Smoke-free movement warns against smoking areas in workplaces

The Philippine Smoke-Free Movement raised an alarm against the recent rejection of a smoking ban in workplaces as recommended by the Inter-agency Task Force on Emerging […]
May 21, 2020

100% smoke-free environment is the better normal – health experts

PRESS RELEASE 21 May 2020   100% smoke-free environment is the better normal – health experts Quezon City – Health experts recommend that public spaces should […]
October 18, 2019

Joint Appeal to Mayor Benjamin B. Magalong To Fully Enforce The Smoke-free Baguio Ordinance

Dear Mayor Magalong,   We, the civil society organizations with advocacies on – public health, environmental protection, children’s rights, and the youth – and  other concerned […]
March 23, 2019

Health concerns among Filipino women

By: Roderick Evans Bartolome and Mary Ann Fernandez-Mendoza   In the Philippines, women tend to overlook their own health, pushing aside personal health concerns because many […]
June 6, 2018

Millennials say no to smoking

Let’s stop smoking!!!”, students of the University of the Cordilleras chanted in unison. In celebration of World No Tobacco Day, HealthJustice Philippines, a think tank and […]
January 30, 2018

Health group congratulates Baguio City for “Ordinance of the Year” and “No Smoking Advocate of the Year” awards

HealthJustice Philippines, a think tank and advocacy group with legal expertise in tobacco control and health promotion, congratulated Baguio City as its smoke-free ordinance was named […]
January 17, 2018

Health group reminds mall and resto owners: You are free to adopt 100% smoke-free policy

HealthJustice Philippines, a think tank with legal expertise in tobacco control and health promotion, pointed out that offices, restaurants, malls, and other private businesses are not […]
September 29, 2017

Tobacco companies still “vigorously circumventing health and tobacco control policies”

HealthJustice Philippines, a public health policy think tank with legal expertise in tobacco control and health promotion, launched last September 29 at Seda Vertis North the […]