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Report names and shames countries cozy with Big Tobacco

November 17, 2020 - 8:36am

A ranking of 57 countries based on their willingness to keep Big Tobacco at bay puts Japan and Indonesia at the bottom of...

World

Experts increasingly contemplate end of smoking in US

By Mike Stobbe | February 9, 2014 - 5:00pm

US health officials have begun to predict the end of cigarette smoking in America.

World

Safe e-cigarettes? Too good to be true

By Dr Shin Young-Soo | June 25, 2013 - 12:00am

They are known as electronic cigarettes or e-cigarettes, also vaporizers or just vapes. They are electronic vaporization systems that turn a nicotine solution into a fine, heated mist. Users puff on them like a regular...

Letters to the Editor

Adopting a real track-and-trace system

April 17, 2013 - 12:00am

Many may not be aware of it but Republic Act no. 10351 otherwise known as the sin tax reform law fulfills one of the Philippines’ key commitments as a signatory to the World Health Organization’s Framework...

Business

A bill to save lives

By SKETCHES | By Ana Marie Pamintuan | November 21, 2012 - 12:00am

In New York a few years ago, I watched “Bodies” – that exhibit of real human bodies and body parts obtained from Chinese morgues (unclaimed cadavers, according to the exhibit FAQ) and subjected...

Opinion

Big Chem, big harm?

By Nicholas D. Kristof | August 31, 2012 - 12:00am

New research is demonstrating that some common chemicals all around us may be even more harmful than previously thought.

Letters to the Editor

Pro, con arguments on proposed NY sugary drink ban

July 25, 2012 - 8:31am

Medical professionals who favor a proposed ban on large-sized sugary drinks likened soda companies to Big Tobacco at a public hearing Tuesday, saying the plan would protect the public, while opponents accused the...

UN says nations move to fight cigarette smuggling

April 4, 2012 - 10:44pm

Nations have crafted a draft treaty to fight a booming trade in illicit tobacco products that's costing governments around the world as much as $50 billion a year in lost tax revenue, officials said Wednesday...

US Congress sends Obama bill to regulate tobacco

June 13, 2009 - 3:06am

WASHINGTON (AP) – Congress sent legislation to the White House yesterday granting the federal government unprecedented authority to regulate and restrict cigarettes, the single largest cause of preventable...

EDITORIAL - The right to breathe clean air

May 31, 2007 - 12:00am

Other countries are banning smoking completely in all public places. In the Philippines, where there are local laws prohibiting smoking in indoor public places...

Opinion