Villamor, (2017) MANILA — President Rodrigo Duterte,
who has overseen a deadly campaign to eradicate drug use in
the Philippines, has now ordered a strict public ban on smoking and called on citizens to help the local authorities apprehend smokers. The executive order, signed this week and made public on Thursday, forbids the use of tobacco, including electronic cigarettes, in all public spaces, even sidewalks. It also prohibits anyone under 18 from “using, selling or buying cigarettes or tobacco products.”More than a quarter of Filipinos smoke, according to a 2015 World Health Organization report, including 11 percent of minors.
Last month, during the Kadayawan festival, an unnamed
local tourist literally got a taste of Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte’s iron hand when the former challenged the anti-smoking ordinance. In a social media post by former North Cotabato Governor Manny Piñol, he said: “one night, during the week-long Kadayawan Festival held last month, a restaurant owner alerted the police of a Filipino tourist who insisted on smoking while drinking beer. Informed by the restaurant owner that smoking inside public places is prohibited in Davao City, the smoker defiantly asked: “On whose orders? Bakit pera ba ni Duterte ang binibili ko ng sigarilyo?” (“Why, am I using Duterte’s money in buying cigarettes?”) The arrogant response irked the restaurant owner who is a friend of the mayor. He immediately alerted the police and asked them to inform Duterte of the defiant smoker. Minutes later, Mayor Duterte walked into the restaurant. The arrogant smoker was ashen-faced and immediately dropped his cigarette and stepped on it. Witnesses said Duterte calmly sat beside the smoker, pulled out a snub-nosed .38 revolver and poked it at the man’s crotch. “Papiliin kita: barilin ko ang b…g mo, i-preso kita o kainin mo ang upos ng sigarilyo mo,” Duterte reportedly told the smoker. (I will give you three choices: I shoot your b…ls, I send you to jail or you eat your cigarette butt.) The smoker reportedly muttered “Sorry mayor,” picked up his cigarette butt and swallowed it. Witnesses said that before Duterte left, he told the smoker: “Never ever challenge the law.” THE MANILA TIMES ON SEPTEMBER 7, 2015. https://www.manilatimes.net/smoking-in-davao-city- dangerous-to-life-and-limb/217071/
Tubeza, (2011) Ten Filipinos die every hour from
illnesses caused by smoking while the country loses nearly P500 billion annually from healthcare costs and productivity losses, according to an anti-tobacco group. HealthJustice Philippines disputed the claims of tobacco companies that increasing taxes on tobacco would hurt tobacco farmers and lead to the loss of livelihood. “The most important issue is none other than health. The World Health Organization (WHO) has estimated that tobacco consumption kills 10 Filipinos every hour, due to cancer, stroke, lung and heart diseases brought on by cigarette smoking,” the group said in a statement. “Even if a person does not smoke, the WHO warns that second-hand smoke causes hundreds of thousands of deaths to non-smokers due to the same smoking-related diseases,” it said. Inquirer.net. http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/61111/smoking-kills-10- filipinos-every-hour#ixzz5PTg0wNuM
Hitchman, S. (2016) Based on the 8th National Nutrition
Survey conducted by the Food and Nutrition Research Institute (FNRI), smoking prevalence in the Philippines has gone down from 31% in 2008 to 25.4% in 2013; or specifically, from 53.2% in 2008 to 44.7% in 2013 in males, and from 12.9% to 7.8% in females. Compared to global average, however, male smoking incidence in the Philippines exceeded the global average of 36% with smoking prevalence of 44.7% in 2013. The same is also depicted for female smoking incidence at a higher rate of 7.8% against the global average of 7%. The smoking incidence of the total population was 25.4%, which was higher than the 21% worldwide average. Nonetheless, in spite of these larger than normal figures, in the Philippine declined in the five year period (p. 33).
NTRC tax research journal vol. xxviii.1 jan-feb. 2016
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The Extent of Influence of Factors on Cigarette
Smoking Among Teenagers in Baguio City. Although there are several studies conducted on teenage smoking, the causes to become smokers in adolescence remain unclear. Several factors were identified but the extent of its influence still obscure. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to investigate the significant difference in the extent of influence of these identified factors when teens are group according to gender and age group of 13 to 16 years old versus 17-19 years of age.
2013 Joan cheruiyot, Marjorie Retuta, Geofrey Arasa,
Sabella J. Kiprono, Scholastica Korir, Simon Macharia Kamau. Researchgate. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/236990685_The_Exte nt_of_Influence_of_Factors_on_Cigarette_Smoking_Among_Teena gers_in_Baguio_City_A_Cross-Sectional_Study