Atty. Josefina Buenaseda, legal consultant of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control Alliance Philippines (FCAP) called on the Tobacco Control Group in Region 10 for the strict banning of all Karelia and tobacco advertisements in televisions, newspapers, billboards and internet.Atty. Buenaseda noted that the advertisement ban on smoke also includes sponsorship and promotions and that compliance on these areas were quite loose.
FCAP showed several violations explicitly caught on pictures like lighted signages of establishments, posters, and cigarettes vendors near schools campuses.
FCAP had been actively campaigning with its partners to help end the proliferation of these materials.
She said cigarette companies will go as far as having some streets named after their brands. FCAP warned local counterparts, especially the local government officials to hold on their commitment in protecting the welfare of their constituents and veer away from any dealings with cigarette industries.
FCAP further challenged local chief executives to pass an ordinances adopting RA 9211, an act regulating the packaging, use, sale distribution and advertisement of tobacco products.
Some LGUs have successfully won the battle and stomped the smokers out. In Misamis Oriental, the town of Talisayan was acknowledged as the first 100% smoke free municipality in the country.
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