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Stricter tobacco control needed in PH despite decline in use

By JAKE SORIANO DESPITE a drop in the number of smokers, the Philippines still needs to adopt “more drastic measures” to further reduce tobacco use, said an anti-smoking advocate and cancer survivor. Emer Rojas, who uses an electrolarynx and is described as a walking graphic health warning against smoking, said measures such as raising the

Stricter tobacco control needed in PH despite decline in use

‘Yosi’ by ‘tingi’: Lethal comes in little packages

By JOSEPH HOLANDES UBALDE, InterAksyon.com
BUYING cigarettes per stick or "tingi" rather than by pack is preferred by many Filipinos. While smokers like to think that consuming cigarettes little by little means they are consuming less and are therefore not addicted, medical health experts caution “it is often a prelude to buying cigarettes in packs or consuming even more.”

‘Yosi’ by ‘tingi’:  Lethal comes in little packages