Anti-smoking advocates put up death clock
A “death clock” was set up at the
Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim led the launching of the “death clock” program together with Health Secretary Francisco Duque III and officials from the Framework Convention on Tobacco Alliance
The launching was held beside the Park and Ride terminal in Plaza Lawton.
“Don’t smoke. Smoking is a silent poison that can lead to slow death,” Lim said in his speech during the launching.
The electronic billboards, which show the ill effects of cigarettes on a person, will be placed at Lawton near City Hall; Mercury Drug in Plaza Miranda, Quiapo; UST, Sampaloc; and in EDSA Guadalupe, Makati City and La Salle Greenhills in Ortigas, Mandaluyong City.
The billboards will also be displayed in
The death clock will be updated daily and will be flashed on the billboard every three minutes. This strategy is being done in
The installation of the death clock was the initiative of the FCAP and the Department of Health. They recommended this to Mayor Lim who readily agreed to the use of the giant electronic billboard located in Plaza Lawton beside the Metropolitan Theater.
Dr. Encarnita Limpin, president of the FCAP, said the death clock was also intended to serve as a reminder for congressmen and senators to act immediately on pending bills that seek to print photographs on cigarette packs.
“As they delay the passage of these bills, more and more Filipinos die of various illnesses related to cigarettes. Through this death clock, we hope that they realize the urgency of these bills,” she told The STAR. – Sheila Crisostomo, Sandy Araneta
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