Tag: tobacco
PTI warns illicit tobacco products 2024 trade up 18.2%
THE Philippine Tobacco Institute (PTI) has sounded the alarm over a surge in illicit tobacco products, with industry data showing their share of the...
Herbosa dared: Prove you are ‘tobacco control champion’
AN anti-smoking advocacy group yesterday challenged Health Secretary Teodoro Herbosa to prove that he remains a “tobacco control champion.”
This was in reaction to Herbosa’s...
Health advocates back 4 Senate bets
HEALTH advocates yesterday declared backed the candidacies of four senatorial bets who they said have track records of protecting public health against the harms...
Anti-smoking NGO: Tobacco industry donation sets ‘dangerous precedent’
THE anti-smoking group Health Justice Philippines (HJP) yesterday criticized the Marcos administration for accepting the donation of four mobile clinics from tobacco giant Philip...
Health secretary’s resignation sought over engagement with tobacco execs
THE former Department of Health (DOH) special adviser for non-communicable diseases is calling for the resignation of Health Secretary Teodoro Herbosa after photographs showed...
