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 […]
March 8, 2018

More women are quitting smoking -health group

(Manila, Philippines – March 8, 2018) HealthJustice Philippines, a think tank and advocacy group with legal expertise in tobacco control and health promotion, citing the Global […]
March 1, 2018

New graphic health warnings should be on cig packs by Mar 3 -health group

 HealthJustice Philippines, a think tank and advocacy group with legal expertise in tobacco control, reminded the public that the second set of Graphic Health Warnings (GHW) […]
February 23, 2018

Health experts on call to endorse vaping: “height of absurdity”

Public health and tobacco control experts strongly opposed the call for the Department of Health (DoH) to endorse vaping. “It would be the height of absurdity […]
February 8, 2018

Health group congratulates Duque

(Manila, Philippines – February 8, 2018) HealthJustice Philippines, a think tank and advocacy group with legal expertise in tobacco control and health promotion, congratulated Francisco Duque, […]
September 11, 2017

Health group renews call for ouster of tobacco industry rep from tobacco control body

HealthJustice Philippines, a think tank with legal expertise in tobacco control and health promotion, once again urges Congress to amend RA 9211 to specifically exclude the […]
May 25, 2017

HealthJustice and NYC forge partnership to find out youth opinion on rising cigarette prices

“The survey that we will jointly conduct aims to obtain information on the extent of youth support towards increased prices of tobacco products, the profiles of […]
May 12, 2017

Health group lauds Davao City Vices Regulation Unit for strict enforcement of smoking ban

HealthJustice Philippines, a think tank and advocacy group with legal expertise in tobacco control and health promotion, praised the Davao City Vices Regulation Unit (VRU) for […]
May 5, 2017

Public officials sign manifesto against tobacco industry interference

In a workshop organized by HealthJustice Philippines in partnership with the Civil Service Commission, tobacco control advocates working in local government units, national government agencies and […]