June 10, 2025

Health groups hail Baguio for tobacco control efforts, urge other government bodies to follow suit

Health advocacy groups commended Baguio City for winning the 2025 Bloomberg Philanthropies Award for Global Tobacco Control at the World Conference on Tobacco Control in Dublin, […]
May 21, 2025

Health group to Senators: Reject House proposal that lowers Sin Tax rates in coming years

Public health advocacy group, HealthJustice Philippines, urged Committee on Ways and Means Chairman Senator Win Gatchalian to follow through on his position to effectively block House […]
February 3, 2025

Health group warns, “Sin Tax Sabotage Bill” will hike cancer risk for Pinoys

In observance of National Cancer Awareness Month this February, public health advocacy group, HealthJustice Philippines, challenged lawmakers to junk House Bill 11360 or the “Sin Tax […]
November 22, 2024

National Children’s Month: Health Advocates demand stronger vape and tobacco laws to save Filipino children

Public health advocates underscored the urgent need to strengthen and strictly enforce our vape and tobacco control policies and immediately amend Republic Act 11900 or the […]
July 15, 2024

Former government officials urge DOH, CSC, DSWD to stand by good governance principles vs tobacco interests

Former senior government officials joined the call on the government agencies to uphold good governance and reject donations from the tobacco industry. Former officials of the […]
May 22, 2023

Shift to food crop production removes tobacco farmers’ risk of nicotine poisoning

It is called the “Green Tobacco Sickness” or GTS, a form of nicotine poisoning from directly handling tobacco leaves, which poses a real risk to tobacco […]