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DOH officer-in-charge Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire (File photo) MANILA - The Department of Health (DOH) is still studying the amount of additional taxes to be levied on sweetened beverages and junk food. "Ito po 'yung pinag-aaralan pa rin natin sa ngayon, magkano 'yung kailangan pa natin dahil alam natin nakakakuha na tayo ng sin taxes from alcohol, from tobacco, from heated tobacco products and vape (This is what we are currently studying, how much do we still need because we know we get sin taxes from alcohol, tobacco and vape products)," said DOH officer-in-charge Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire in an online media briefing on Friday. About 59 percent or PHP155 billion of the DOH's 2022 budget came from sin taxes, Vergeire noted. "So, ganito po 'yung gusto nating makita (this is what we want to see) in the coming years that these sin taxes can fund the different interventions that we do to provide Universal Health Care for everybody,"