Smoking ban in Metro Manila

[The_Patriot]

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Smoking ban in Metro Manila.

Smoking cigarettes in major and secondary roads, bus terminals, waiting sheds, schools, hospitals, recreational places and inside public utility vehicles will be prohibited in Metro Manila starting May 30, 2011.

Violators will be slapped with a 500-peso fine or render an eight-hour community service. This development is just a strict implementation of the provisions of Republic Act 9211 or the Tobacco Regulation Act of 2003 plus the anti-smoking prohibitions of the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board.

"Good step by the government to lessen the use of tobacco/cigarette and for Public Safety/Public Health, hope for more tough action by government officials/ to achieve our goal SMOKE FREE PHILIPPINES a good change against immorality and the danger of smoke..."

Info: Tobacco-related diseases are some of the biggest killers in the world today and are cited as one of the biggest causes of premature death in industrialized countries.[citation needed] In the United States about 500,000 deaths per year are attributed to smoking-related diseases and a recent study estimated that as much as 1/3 of China's male population will have significantly shortened life-spans due to smoking. Male and female smokers lose an average of 13.2 and 14.5 years of life, respectively. At least half of all lifelong smokers die earlier as a result of smoking.The risk of dying from lung cancer before age 85 is 22.1% for a male smoker and 11.9% for a female current smoker, in the absence of competing causes of death. The corresponding estimates for lifelong nonsmokers are a 1.1% probability of dying from lung cancer before age 85 for a man of European descent, and a 0.8% probability for a woman. Smoking one cigarette a day results in a risk of heart disease that is halfway between that of a smoker and a non-smoker. The non-linear dose response relationship is explained by smoking's effect on platelet aggregation.

Among the diseases that can be caused by smoking are vascular stenosis, lung cancer, heart attacks and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

-wikipedia.com

Let us help the government and let us also join the fight to stop the consumption of alcoholic drinks that also bad to our health.

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[DrearierJester1]

naa pud unta ani ang cebu oie.. im really sick and tired of smokers na maski asa ra ibutang ang kupos na cigarette ug kanang mag smoke sa shaded area... tsk2...

[TEDA]

this news really brought awkward moments to those teenagers who smoke without the knowledge of their parents. hahahahahahahaha

knus.a jud kaha ni ma implement sa tanan parti sa pilipinas sa?
like i mean, huh? totally ban njd? wa gni nila nbuhat tong ingon na ibutnag npd sa kaha ang mga pictures sa mga effects sa lawas tungod sa cigar. maypang singapore, luod na kai ilang kaha. nuon, dugay nana nila gbutang jd. unya mahalon kuno sa gobyerno ang cigar. like 5/stick. naa jpon mpalit ana oie. ang taw nga adik, bahalg unsa kmahal, palit jd. hahahahaha.

this would just warned them not to smoke if they are surrounded by those people na dili mu smoke

[pinoy_09]

So what's next? Banning people from smoking in their homes?

[joliz0427]

dapat whole philippines jud ni e.implement. for better Philippines...

[noy.juan]

naa man diri sa cebu... gahi lang jud ning ulo mga pinoy.... samot nang usahay mag smoke sulod sa jeep... lamiang sikaran bayan

cge ko kita away ani kay ako man jud prangkahan da insulto...

[intel_outside_88]

Maayo ni para nako bisan ako mo smoke ko kai ganahan nasad ko mo quit 2 yrs ago pa ganahan until now cge pa japon ko pero tagsa nalang,.......

[Lady-L]

how i really wish this will be implemented also in cebu daghan gyud ang makinabang labi na kaming mga 2nd user nga mas affected sa aso kaysa 1st user.

[noy.juan]

actually pwede man i citizen's arrest ang smoker nga madakpan sa public place...

[Mikelyap]

start with the president