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Bacolod SP seeks to reconvene Anti-Smoking task force

Bacolod SP seeks to reconvene Anti-Smoking task force
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Anti-smoking task force reconvened

Bacolod reconvenes task force to resume anti-smoking drive

BACOLOD CITY -Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez has reconvened the Bacolod Anti-Smoking Task Force (BASTF) to resume the enforcement of the city's anti-smoking ordinance after it was stopped at the onset of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic. "The BASTF was convened previously and its action team was organized to enforce the ordinance but eventually halted its operation due to the emergence of the pandemic," said Benitez, who chairs the task force, with Councilor Simplicia Distrito as the vice chairperson. A copy of Executive Order (EO) 34-22 released by the city government on Monday stated that the BASTF, with new members, will continue to implement, reinforce, and monitor the ordinance and protect it from tobacco industry interference at all times. It will also conduct educational awareness campaigns, information dissemination programs, and capacity building programs that will inform the constituents and train enforcement officers. As the task force chair, Be

Footwear art installation depicts daily tobacco deaths

SMOKING IS FATAL. The art installation composed of 321 pairs of footwear initiated by the Iloilo City Anti-Smoking Task Force and a public interest law organization ImagineLaw on Friday (July 22, 2022) depicts the number of people who die daily due to tobacco-related diseases. The art installation was first held in Quezon City in Sept. 2021 in response to the "pervasive influence of the tobacco industry in public health policymaking."(PNA photo by PGLena) ILOILO CITY - The Iloilo City Anti-Smoking Task Force (ICAST) and a public interest law organization on Friday called for an end to smoking through the use of an art installation of 321 pairs of shoes and slippers depicting the number of people dying daily due to tobacco-related diseases. "We ponder on the 321 deaths. The challenge is will this generation finally say no to smoking and vaping given these deaths? Or be another generation represented by the empty footwear here in front. I hope that these footwear will repr

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