This research focuses on estimating the employment generated by the Philippine tobacco industry. It looks into whether the contribution of the industry to employment is significant or not. Specifically, the study: (a.) determines the structure of the tobacco industry in the Philippines, particularly in terms of production, trade/buying, manufacturing, marketing and the public sector; (b) measure employment in the Philippine tobacco industry following the structure determined in the objective; (c) analyze the contribution of the Philippine tobacco industry to the total employment of the country, based on the findings in objectives (a) and (b); and, (d) compare the findings in (b) to available measures of tobacco employment in the country.
Law is a necessary element required to put public health policy into effect. Around the world, legislative measures exist to set standards for tobacco control, safe food, clean air, etc but since these measures do not exist in the Philippines, Filipinos are unnecessarily exposed to certain health risks that have already been eliminated or reduced in other countries through simple yet effective regulation and proper enforcement of laws.
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