Archive - Smoking

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) allegedly accepted three mobile clinics from Philip Morris Fortune Tobacco Corporation. DSWD has had a clear policy since 2010 of not accepting donations from the tobacco industry.

Anti-tobacco advocates are calling for a review of the vape law after the Supreme Court ruled that such products should be under the jurisdiction of the Food and Drug Administration.

Health experts and youth groups are sounding the alarm over an upsurge in children's use of vapes and are calling on the government to enforce strict regulations on the sale of the harmful products, especially online.

Former senior health and education officials issue an urgent appeal to the Philippine delegation to a conference on tobacco control to fight against vapes for the sake of the youth.