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                    [ArticleID] => 1521922
                    [Title] => Health advocates back soda tax bill
                    [Summary] => 

Health advocates yesterday gave their full support for the immediate passage of the “soda tax” measure.

[DatePublished] => 2015-11-14 09:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097338 [AuthorName] => Mayen Jaymalin [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 963283 [Title] => ‘Slowing down on smoking won’t lessen health risks’ [Summary] =>

Citing a study by two universities in Scotland, anti-tobacco advocates yesterday cautioned the public that cutting down on cigarette consumption will not lessen the health risks that the habit poses.

[DatePublished] => 2013-07-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804896 [AuthorName] => Sheila Crisostomo [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 957897 [Title] => ‘Third-hand smoke can damage human cells’ [Summary] =>

An anti-tobacco advocate wants a 100 percent smoke-free environment based on a US study that third-hand smoke can damage human cells.

[DatePublished] => 2013-06-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804896 [AuthorName] => Sheila Crisostomo [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://imageshack.us/a/img404/9339/7alm.jpg ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 922233 [Title] => Moves against Phl hosting of tobacco expo snowball [Summary] =>

Moves against the Philippines’ hosting of the Protobex/Inter-Tabac Asia snowballed as it was seen as an affront to the country’s efforts to save people from the ill effects of cigarettes.

[DatePublished] => 2013-03-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804896 [AuthorName] => Sheila Crisostomo [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 809793 [Title] => House asked to look at figures in sin tax reform bill [Summary] =>

Anti-tobacco advocates yesterday asked the House Committee on Ways and Means to look at the figures to see the “weakened impact” of the legislation on public health with the approved version of the sin tax reform bill or House Bill 5727.

[DatePublished] => 2012-05-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804896 [AuthorName] => Sheila Crisostomo [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 792835 [Title] => Health Justice honored for anti-smoking drive [Summary] =>

A Filipino non-governmental organization won the prestigious Bloomberg Awards for Global Tobacco Control during the recent 15th World Conference on Tobacco or Health in Singapore.

[DatePublished] => 2012-04-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804896 [AuthorName] => Sheila Crisostomo [SectionName] => The Good News [SectionUrl] => the-good-news [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 769309 [Title] => Anti-tobacco group urges LGUs to phase out smoking areas [Summary] =>

Thailand-based Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance (SEATCA) urged yesterday local government units (LGUs) in the Philippines to phase out smoking areas.

[DatePublished] => 2012-01-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804896 [AuthorName] => Sheila Crisostomo [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 730570 [Title] => EDITORYAL - Presyo ng sigarilyo itaas nang todo [Summary] =>

PABATA nang pabata ang mga naninigarilyo.

[DatePublished] => 2011-09-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => PSN Opinyon [SectionUrl] => opinyon [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 729251 [Title] => 'Raise cigarette prices by 156 percent' [Summary] =>

Cigarette prices should be increased by 156 percent to effectively discourage people from smoking, a study of the University of the Philippines and anti-tobacco group Health Justice showed.

[DatePublished] => 2011-09-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804896 [AuthorName] => Sheila Crisostomo [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 721688 [Title] => Group lauds P200M grant allotted for tobacco farmers to plant rice [Summary] =>

The Health Justice group has lauded the government’s effort to provide P200 million in production loans to tobacco farmers who will plant rice during the wet season.

[DatePublished] => 2011-08-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1298072 [AuthorName] => Ehda Dagooc [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Business [SectionUrl] => cebu-business [URL] => ) ) )
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