2,000 nabbed for smoking in Baguio

>> Sunday, December 9, 2018


BAGUIO CITY – More than two thousand persons have already been apprehended and penalized here for violating the anti-smoking ordinance since January this year, based on a report of the Smoke Free Task Force chaired by Mayor Mauricio Domogan.
This, as initiatives to promote tobacco smoke-free workplaces in this chilly summer capital got a shot in the arm with last week’s staging of the Smoke Free Revolution at the Baguio City Economic Zone in Loakan.
               City Health Officer Rowena Galpo said the whole-day activity, endorsed by the World Health Organization was aimed at increasing the public’s awareness of the Baguio City Smoke Free Ordinance (Ord. No. 34, series of 2017) that prohibits the use, sale, distribution and advertisement of cigarettes (including e-cigarettes/vapes) and other tobacco products in certain places and imposing penalties on violators.
Galpo said the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) has signified its intention to join the campaign by encouraging all their locators to take part in the Eco-Zone Workers’ Welfare Program.
Attending the event are WHO representatives led by Dr. Gundo Aurel Weiler, Department of Health officials headed by Undersecretary Rolando Enrique Domingo, local officials headed by Domogan, and representatives from other concerned agencies.
Galpo said highlighting the activity will be a commitment signing in support of the Revolution Smoke Free program by WHO, DOH, city officials and office heads including locator and workplace owners or managers, guests and other participants

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