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
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International Equal Pay Day
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October –
Monthly Observances:
Industry and Commerce Safety Month
National Statistics Month
Local Government Month
Consumer Welfare Month
Cooperative Month
National Quality and Productivity Improvement Month
National Health and Wellness Tourism Month
National Indigenous Peoples Month
Weekly Observances:
Week 1: Elderly Filipino Week
Week 2: National Health Education Week
Local Government Week
National Mental Health Week
October 17-23:
National Week for Overcoming Extreme Poverty
October 18 – 24:
United Nations Week
Last Week:
Nurses’ Week
Consumers’ Protection Week
Week of the 4th Sunday:
Barrio Farmers’ Week
Daily Observances:
First Monday (Oct 4): Universal Children’s Day i
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Oct 5: National Teachers’ Day
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Third Thursday (Oct 14): Conflict Resolution Day
Oct 21: Tenants’ Emancipation day
Oct 24: United Nations Day
Oct 29: National Indigenous People’s Thanksgiving Day
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