by ABS-CBN News, Mar 04 2019
MANILA- Nine out of 10 Filipino adults say smoking should be banned in public places, results of a survey released Monday showed.
The Pulse Asia survey showed that 91 percent of adult Filipinos want smoking or the use of cigarettes prohibited in public places.
The survey also revealed that 90 percent of adult Filipinos want to increase the minimum age for buying or using cigarettes to 25 from 18 years old.
Agreement on the prohibition of public smoking and increasing the minimum age for buying cigarettes meanwhile is lower among smokers at 80 percent each.
1 IN 4 FILIPINOS SMOKE
The survey also revealed that almost 1 in 4 Filipino adults use tobacco at 24 percent, with 19 percent saying they smoke daily.
A greater number of Filipino smokers are men, self-employed, and are Catholics, results of the survey showed.
By region, most of the smokers are Tagalog and Ilonggos.
Commissioned by the Philippine Legislators’ Committee on Population and Development (PLCPD), the Jan. 26-31 survey interviewed a total of 1,800 Filipino adults nationwide and has a +/-2.3 percent margin of error for national percentages.
In 2017, President Rodrigo Duterte signed an executive order banning smoking in public places nationwide.
September 18 –
International Equal Pay Day
“Increase wages now,
more than other cost items.
For widespread, practical equality!”
Invoke Article 33 of the ILO Constitution
against the military junta in Myanmar
to carry out the recommendations of the 2021 ILO Commission of Inquiry
against serious violations of protocols of
Forced Labour and Freedom of Association.
Accept the National Unity Government (NUG)
of Myanmar. Reject Military!
#WearMask #WashHands
#Report Corruption #SearchPosts #TakePicturesVideos
September –
5 Sept – Intl Day of Charity
7 Sept – Intl Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies
8 Sept – International Literacy Day
12 Sept – United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation
15 Sept – International Day of Democracy
16 Sept – International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
17 Sept – World Patient Safety Day
18 Sept – International Equal Pay Day
21 Sept – International Day of Peace
26 Sept – International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons
27 Sept – World Tourism Day
28 Sept – International Day for Universal Access to Information
29 Sept – International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste
30 Sept – World Maritime Day
Monthly Observances:
Health, Safety and Sanitation Month
National Clean-up Month
Civil Service Month
National Peace Consciousness Month
Social Security Month
Rule of Law Month
National Teachers’ Month (Sept 5-Oct 4)
Weekly Observances:
Sept 17 – 23:
World Clean and Green Week
Week 2: Education Week
Week 4: Medicine Week
Last Week: National Family Week
Daily Observances:
Third Saturday:
International Coastal Clean-up Day
Third Monday: World Health Day
Last Friday: National Maritime Day
Sept 8: National Literacy Day
Sept 15: Philippine Medicine Day
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Ut elit tellus, luctus nec ullamcorper mattis, pulvinar dapibus leo.
