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Shoes and smokes

A protester places one of 321 pairs of shoes displayed at the Scout Circle along Tomas Morato in Quezon City on Friday. The art...

Tobacco curbs bring citations to DOH, FDA

The World Health Organization (WHO)  has given recognition to the Department of Health and the Philippine Food and Drug Administration for their shared achievements in...

Bhutan lifts tobacco ban due to coronavirus

The remote Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan, known for embracing gross national happiness and outlawing television until 1999, has now made the unusual decision to...

Fake cigs seized

Officials of the Bureau of Customs - Port of Manila display the smuggled fake cigarettes estimated to be worth P36 million they seized on...

Vapers rebuff ‘smokers’ tag

“We are not smokers.” Vapers and tobacco harm reduction advocates delivered this message in a gathering in Makati City on Feb. 28 to launch the...

Sin tax advocates

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DOH commends House panel for hiked taxes

Similar to raising the tax on tobacco as a tobacco control measure, increasing the excise tax on alcohol products is the best buy and...

‘Tobacco farmers to gain revenues under sin tax’

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DoF: Tobacco tax increase historic

Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III said the Duterte administration made history by increasing the excise tax on tobacco twice to raise funds for the...

‘Sin’ tax bill up for crucial vote

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Health advocates renew call for tobacco tax hike

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Canada appeals court upholds tobacco ruling

Montreal—Quebec’s appeals court on Friday upheld a historic ruling ordering three tobacco firms to pay Can$15.5 billion (US$11.6 billion) to smokers in the Canadian...

‘Smuggling, fake products killing tobacco farmers’

Senatorial candidate and Ilocos Norte Gov. Imee Marcos on Wednesday urged the government to crack down on cigarette smugglers and manufacturers of counterfeit tobacco...

Tobacco tax

Tobacco farmers trooped in front of the Senate gate to express their sentiments to the senators on the increase of excise tax in tobacco. 
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