With support from the SITT project, Health Justice, in partnership with the University of the Philippines College of Law, published a policy paper that outlined a clear and specific policy direction towards a reform on the current tobacco tax system, which if addressed, can eventually decrease the country's fiscal deficit and protect the health of the nation. The policy paper provides critical information needed to align various advocates' ideas on what the tobacco tax reform should look like. It also contains the evidence to justify the need to allocate more resources for health through health promotion.
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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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