Sugba’s Baga!

SIGARILYO is DANGEROUS to your HEALTH!

Ambot ug ngano nga daghan man gihapon kaayo ang manigarilyo, kadaghanan baya kay mga batanon. Sa gawas sa skwelahan, sa mga bar, ug sa mga eskina. Anaa sab gani na sa ilang kaugalingon'ng tugkaran kay manigarilyo gihapon. Ang mga ginikanan mismo wala ug dili sab makabadlong kay lagi sila sab utro pud na manigarilyo.

Unsa kahay lingaw anang manigarilyo sah?

Muangkon gyud ko nga nakasuway ko anang gitawag nilang sigarilyo. Mura raman ug wala kay pamation sa pag suyop nimo sa aso. Igo lang ka ka usik-usik sa imong piso?

Daghan ko'ng amigo o halos tanan sa ako migo kay manigarilyo. Ang ilang pasangil mao manigarilyo kay pawala daw sa luod. Unsaon kaha pagkawala sa luod anang aso sa sigarilyo sah. Igo raman tawn na ipasulod ug ipagawas sa baga nimo. Usa pa sab kay tabla ra ug gasunog ka sa imong kwarta. Tiwa mu na nga naay sigarilyo gibaligya nga tag 70 ang kaha. Tungod sa akong ka kuryuso ako'ng gitilawan, ug kahibaw mu ug unsa ang nakalahi, dili manimaho imong kamot ug ikaw mismo dili mailhan nga nanigarilyo. Pero tag 70, makapakaon naman ko ana sa akong amigo sa pungko-pungko.

Matud pa ni WHO Director-General Dr. Margaret Chan, ang pag-pataas sa buhis sa sigarilyo usa ka epektibo na pamaagi sa pag us-us sa consumo ug pag-aghat sa mga manigarilyoay sa pag undang ug sigarilyo.

Ug adunay FIVE OTHER MEASURE, matud niya, kay "within the reach of every country, regardless of income level"

1. banning tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship;

2. protecting people from second hand smoke;

3. warning people on the danger of tobacco;

4. helping those who want to quit smoking;

5. monitoring tobacco use to understand and reverse the epidemic.

" I would argue that these measures are the silver bullet of preventive medicine," Chan said. "Their power to prevent disease and death match that of producing drugs."

February 9, 2008

ANAA NAMAN UNTA MGA BALAOD NA GIPASAKA BAHIN ANING SIGARILYO

Comprehensive Tobacco Regulation Act

Date: 1997

Source: Senate Bill 2383

Subject: An Act Regulating the Labelling, Sale and Advertising of Cigarettes (and other tobacoo products), Prohibiting Smoking in Public Conveyances and in Enclosed Public Places, Providing for Violations Thereof and for Other Purposes

TEXT:

Section 2. Declaration of Policy.

It is hereby declared the policy of the State to protect and promote the right to health of the people and instill health consciousness among them. Toward this end, it is the purpose of this Act to establish a comprehensive program to safeguard public health and ensure the physical well-being of smokers and non-smokers alike by discouraging cigarette smoking and tobacco use, whereby:

1. Smokers shall be adequately informed of the health risks associated with cigarette smoking and tobacco use by the inclusion of a prominent warning on each package or container of cigarette or tobacco;

2. The youth shall be protected from being initiated to cigarette smoking and tobacoo use through the stringent regulation of the promotion and advertising of cigarette and any other tobacoo product; the prohibition of cigarette and tobacoo sales to persons under eighteen (18) years of age; a ban on cigarette smoking, tobacoo use, sale and promotion in elementary and secondary schools; and inclusion in the curricula of all elementary and secondary schools a study on the health risks associated with cigarette smoking and tobacco use;

3. The right of the general public to a cigarette and tobacoo smoke-free environment shall be protected by a ban on smoking in public conveyances and enclosed public places; and

Section 6. Education.

All elementary and secondary school shall include as part of their health and science subjects the teaching on the health risks associated with cigarette smoking and tobacoo use.

It shall be unlawfull for any person to sell or offer to sell, distribute, smoke cigarettes or otherwise use any tobacoo product within the premises of elementary and secondary schools.

All colleges and universities shall be encouraged to design and implement programs to promote consciousness in college students of the health risks associated with cigarette smoking and tobacoo use.

Section 7. Sale or Distribution to Minors.

It shall be unlwafull for any person to sell or distribute, gratuitously or otherwise, to a minor any cigarette or any other tobacco product. It shall not be a defense for the person selling the he/she did not know or was not aware of the real age of the minor. Neither shall it be a defense for the seller that he/she did not know, nor had any reason to believe that the cigarette or any other tobacoo product was for the consumption of the minor person to whom it was sold.

Survey:

A recent survey has shown that 99.8%! of Filipino adult smokers cited tobacco advertisements as one factor for initiating smoking.

DATE: 2003

SOURCE: Republic Act No. 9211

SUBJECT: An Act Regulating the Advertisements of Tobacco Products and for other purposes

KEY POINTS:

1. No tobacco ads outdoors and in cinemas beginning July 1, 2007

2. No tobacco ads in all mass media beginning July 1, 2008

3. No tobacco sponsorship of all sports, concert, cultural and art events beginning July 1,2008

PAG-USAB NA MU OI!

PAGKA!

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