MANILA – Doctors in the Philippines have been banned from smoking by the country’s medical association to make sure they set a good example to their patients, the group said Saturday.
The order by the Philippine Medical Association will also ensure that other people are not affected by a doctor’s second-hand smoke, association president Oscar Tinio said in a statement.
“Physicians must be role models on matters of health, whose lives, decorum and personality are highly respected or emulated by all sectors of society — that is why it is highly inappropriate for physicians to be seen smoking,” he said.
Spokesman Mike Aragon said that the public was encouraged to report smoking medics to the association.
Asked what would happen to doctors who violate the order, Aragon said a committee would decide that later.
“We will cross the bridge when we reach it,” he told AFP.
Tinio was quoted as saying that he personally knew doctors who smoked.
Government statistics show that there are 17.3 million smokers in the Philippines, amounting to about 28 percent of the population aged 15 or older.
President Benigno Aquino admits he is a smoker, saying he needs the habit to deal with the stress of the job. –Agence France-Presse
July 2025
Nutrition Month
“Give us much more than P50 increase
for proper nutrition!”
Invoke Article 33 of the ILO Constitution
against the military junta in Myanmar
to carry out the 2021 ILO Commission of Inquiry recommendations
against serious violations of
Forced Labour and Freedom of Association protocols.
Accept National Unity Government (NUG)
of Myanmar. Reject Military!
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July
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3 July – International Plastic Bag Free Day
5 July – World Youth Skills Day
7 July – Global Forgiveness Day
11 July – World Population Day
17 July – World Day for International Justice
28 July – World Nature Conservation Day
30 July – World Day against Trafficking in Persons
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Schools Safety Month
Nutrition Month
National Disaster Consciousness Month
Weekly Observances:
Week 2: Cultural Communities Week
Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprise
Development Week
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Technology Week
National Disability Prevention and
Rehabilitation Week
July 1-7:
National Culture Consciousness Week
July 13-19:
Philippines Business Week
Week ending last Saturday of July:
Arbor Week
Daily Observances:
First Saturday of July:
International Cooperative Day
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