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.
Taxing Health Risk.pdf 2674 Kb
Source: Pan American Health Organization, WHO
Template for tobacco control legislation that will best advance public health goals, given the evidence of the measures known to be most effective in reducing tobacco use. The publication consists of two major parts. The basic component is the presentation of template legislative language. The second component is an annotation of the provisions of the template that explains the evidentiary and legislative background for each provision and, where the provision is drawn from actual legislation passed by one or more countries, the source of the provision.
tobacco_legislationguide 220 Kb
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.
Philippines macro employment - Phase 1 766 Kb
Source: American Journal of Public Health
The tobacco industry's internal documents reveal an undeniable interest in marketing cigarettes to underage smokers. The industry's marketing approaches run counter to and predicate methods for tobacco prevention:
market to youthfrInternal DOc.pdf 344 Kb
This article gives an overview of Article 5.3 of the FCTC. It also illustrates why implementing this provision is essential to the success of tobacco control policies.
5.3 Fact Sheet by Corporate Accountability International.pdf 1065 Kb
Rules and Regulations Makati City Ordinance No. 2002-090 (Anti-Smoking Ordinance.pdf 721 Kb
No Smoking City Ordinance
No Smoking City Ordinance No. 2002-090 (Makati City IRR) copy.pdf 1065 Kb
Source: Resolution Concurring on the Ratification fot he FCTC
