The Philippines has to make the right investment and policy decisions in order to reap the benefits of the declining fertility rate in the country, according to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). In a statement released on Tuesday, UNFPA Philippines Country Representative Leila Saiji Joudane said that the Philippines…
Anti-tobacco advocates expressed alarm after Philip Morris Fortune Tobacco Corporation (PMFTC), the local affiliate of Philip Morris International Inc., announced that an estimated 75,000 Filipinos switched from smoking cigarettes to IQOS. “Quitting from addiction is different from shifting to another form of addiction. Taking a poison using a different mechanism…
Tobacco control advocates are pinning their high hopes that newly appointed Health Secretary Teodoro “Ted” Herbosa will help strengthen programs in curbing smoking and e-cigarette use to reduce cases of diseases blamed on the use of these products. HealthJustice Philippines, Parents Against Vape, Action for Economic Reforms, and Philippine Legislators’…
Tobacco growing harms the health of the people, the health of farmers and the planet’s health, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). On May 31, WHO and public health champions around the world celebrated World No Tobacco Day (WNTD). This year’s theme is “Grow food, not tobacco.” In the…