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November 09, 2007

Filipinos want graphic warnings on cigarette packs

An unpublished survey done by the Philippine College of Chest Physicians for the September-October period showed that over 90 percent of Filipino smokers surveyed want picture-based warnings on the cigarette packs, instead of the usual textual-based ones.
The study, said anti-smoking group Framework Convention on Tobacco Control Alliance, Philippines (FCAP), shows that even smokers know how effective picture-based warnings could be.

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October 15, 2007

Philippines: A Petition for a New Law and Graphic Warnings

The Framework Convention on Tobacco Control Alliance Philippines (FCAP) is gathering one million signatures to convince lawmakers to file the bill. Gruesome photos of health effects on cigarette packets are aimed at discouraging people from smoking.

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July 10, 2007

Philip Morris and Japan Tobacco love Thais more than Filipinos

Marlborothaiteeth Thais have long been accustomed to seeing graphic health warnings on cigarette packs sold in their country.

What many may not realize is that Marlboro and Mild Seven packs sold in Thailand are made in the Philippines by Philip Morris International (PMI) and JT International (JTI) licensee Fortune Tobacco.

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October 31, 2006

In the Philippines, Doctors sue Philip Morris

Doctors sued  Philip Morris in Makati City yesterday allegedly for violating a law ordering tobacco firms to put health warnings on the front panel of their cigarette packs.

“There is absolutely no excuse for the failure of Philip Morris to comply with the health-warning provision of the law as they had three full years to prepare for it,” said Jocelyn Jaro-Amposta, a resident of Imus, Cavite, and who runs a clinic in Muntinlupa City.

 
 

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