CANDON CITY, Ilocos Sur – The 2025 Tobacco Festival opened here on Friday, March 21. MAYOR Singson (FB) Candon City Mayor Eric D. Singson said activities in the week-long event that ends March 28 started with the culmination of the Women’s Month celebration at the Candon City Arena. “The...
Tobacco farmers are expected to earn more this year since current buying prices are much higher than the floor prices, according to the National Tobacco Administration (NTA). NTA Administrator Belinda Sanchez said this “golden season” is apparent based on the prices at the start...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The House of Representatives has overwhelmingly passed on third and final reading a measure that would temper the rate of annual excise tax increases on tobacco products....
(Unsplash) On the strength of 177 affirmative votes, the House of Representatives approved on third and final reading the measure strengthening the administration of excise tax on tobacco products. House Bill (HB) No.11286, which covers...
A look at a panel forum during the Second International Tobacco Summit (Dexter Barro II/MANILA BULLETIN) The Department of Agriculture (DA) is committed to address the proliferation of illicit trade in the local tobacco industry, noting its severe impact on government revenues and the...
Combatting the country’s problem on the proliferation of fake government documents and exposing the lapses in the regulation of tobacco products were among the accomplishments of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee in 2024, Senator Pia Cayetano said. Cayetano, chairperson of the blue...
AL ZAHIYAH, Abu Dhabi—Philip Morris International (PMI) is taking a step closer to what seemed impossible only a few years ago as it dares to create a smoke-free future for tobacco and cigarette users at the “Technovation: Smoke-free by PMI Abu Dhabi Edition” event happening on Wednesday,...
Tatsuya Shiga, who heads Japan Tobacco's (JT) Kansai factory in Kyoto, just a few weeks ago visited the cigarette giant's manufacturing plant in the Philippines. Speaking to Manila Bulletin after a media tour of the Kansai facility on Nov. 27, Tatsuya-san noted that the factory in Malvar, Batangas,...
Senator Pia Cayetano hailed the Supreme Court’s final ruling granting the Food and Drug Administration the jurisdiction to regulate tobacco products. The SC had denied the motion for reconsideration filed by the Philippine Tobacco Institute, Inc. which claimed that the Inter-Agency...
VIGAN CITY, Ilocos Sur – Top government and tobacco industry stakeholders in this province and the Ilocos region are set to gather for the two-day International Tobacco Agricultural Summit on Oct. 23 and 24 organized by the Department of Agriculture-National Tobacco Administration in Quezon City....
Taxes to protect and fund universal health care (UHC)—such as those slapped on so-called "sin" products like cigarettes, alcoholic drinks, and sweets—still have room for further increases, according to a global task force. "Health taxes continue to be underutilized despite the...
Scientists and tobacco harm reduction (THR) experts stressed that nicotine alone is not the cause of smoking-related diseases and that further studies are needed to know more about its potential therapeutic benefits. Neuroscientist Dr. Paul Newhouse "I have never in all my career as a...
