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                    [Title] => Enjoy New Year’s Eve minus the blast
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Once more (for the umpteenth time), with much more feeling: Iwasan ang paputok (avoid firecrackers).

[DatePublished] => 2013-12-31 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133914 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096607 [AuthorName] => Ching M. Alano [SectionName] => Health And Family [SectionUrl] => health-and-family [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1273508 [Title] => Usok na galing sa paputok mapanganib – Ecowaste [Summary] =>

Binalaan ng grupong Ecowaste Coalition ang publiko sa panganib sa kalusugan ng usok na likha ng mga paputok at anumang pyrotechnic materials na gagamitin sa pagsalubong sa Bagong Taon.

[DatePublished] => 2013-12-31 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805066 [AuthorName] => Ricky ­Tulipat [SectionName] => Bansa [SectionUrl] => bansa [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1237724 [Title] => Doctors warn vs weak FDA rules on stem cell therapy [Summary] =>

A coalition of doctors and health practitioners warned the public against weak government regulation on stem cell therapy, saying this poses serious health risks to patients.

[DatePublished] => 2013-09-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1673868 [AuthorName] => Reinir Padua [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 866727 [Title] => Group criticizes Recto on sin tax measure [Summary] =>

The non-government Action for Economic Reforms (AER) criticized Senator Ralph Recto’s interpolation on the sin tax measure on Tuesday.

[DatePublished] => 2012-11-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804708 [AuthorName] => Iris Gonzales [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 853012 [Title] => Group hits tobacco growers' forum in Manila [Summary] =>

Anti-tobacco advocates have warned the public about alleged deception and misinformation in the conference yesterday of tobacco growers.

[DatePublished] => 2012-09-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804896 [AuthorName] => Sheila Crisostomo [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 826091 [Title] => No ifs and butts about it [Summary] =>

Despite death warnings about cigarette smoking, you still see people  including teens (horrors, even tweens) and women  smoking everywhere. And you see  and often smell  cigarette butts discarded everywhere!

[DatePublished] => 2012-07-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133914 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096607 [AuthorName] => Ching M. Alano [SectionName] => Health And Family [SectionUrl] => health-and-family [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 777660 [Title] => Experts bat for new 'sin taxes' to address NCDs [Summary] =>

Disease experts and anti-tobacco advocates yesterday pushed for new “sin taxes” to forestall a possible “health crisis” brought about by the increasing cases of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in the country.

[DatePublished] => 2012-02-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804896 [AuthorName] => Sheila Crisostomo [SectionName] => Science and Environment [SectionUrl] => science-and-environment [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 757193 [Title] => Caloocan holds youth summit against smoking [Summary] =>

The Caloocan City government held last week the Student Helping Others Understand Tobacco (SHOUT) summit, in consonance with the Department of Education’s (DepEd) directive banning cigarettes in the vicinity of public schools.

[DatePublished] => 2011-12-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097481 [AuthorName] => Pete Laude [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 717596 [Title] => MMDA to appeal TRO on smoking ban [Summary] =>

The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) will appeal a Mandaluyong court ruling stopping them from arresting smokers in areas not covered by Republic Act 9211 or the Tobacco Regulation Act of 2009.

[DatePublished] => 2011-08-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097368 [AuthorName] => Mike Frialde [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 704741 [Title] => Tobacco control advocate awarded [Summary] =>

The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids presented The Judy Wilkenfeld Award for International Tobacco Control Excellence to Dr. E. Ulysses “Yul” Dorotheo during the campaign’s annual Youth Advocates of the Year Awards Gala held in Washington DC last May 18.

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