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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The Philippine tobacco industry, which is considered to be the strongest tobacco lobby in Asia1, has always been able to secure favorable tax treatment for its […]
Touting e-cigarettes and other novel tobacco products as healthier alternatives, Big Tobacco has reimagined itself as a supporter of a “smoke- free world,” with Philip Morris […]
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 […]