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Thinking aloud: July 2013
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Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance (SEATCA). Framework Convention Alliance (FCA). Tuesday, July 23, 2013. PMFTC claims losses after tax increase; PMI expects 10% growth in 2013. According to PMI's recent press release on Q2 earnings (http:/ www.pmi.com/eng/media center/press releases/pages/201307180700.aspx):. The PH Department of Health should try to get new prevalence data as soon as possible to clearly illustrate the positive (dampening) effect of the sin tax increase on consumption. If we multip...
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Thinking aloud: February 2012
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Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance (SEATCA). Framework Convention Alliance (FCA). Monday, February 13, 2012. Beware: Tobacco industry is anti-poor but pretends otherwise. It's been a while since my last post, but no excuses. I'll just get to the point: ang kakapal talaga ng mga mukha ng ilang mga kongresista. Still they refer to themselves as "honorable" congressmen/women. For a more detailed discussion, I refer you to AER's op-ed " Singson’s Sin Tax Bill: Anti-Reform, Anti-Poor". Dr Yul's Blog List.
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Thinking aloud: June 2015
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Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance (SEATCA). Framework Convention Alliance (FCA). Thursday, June 4, 2015. No safe level of lead exposure. Reposting from the Ecowaste Coalition blog http:/ ecowastecoalition.blogspot.com/2015/05/use-lead-safe-paints-for-brigada.html. 8216;Use Lead-safe Paints for Brigada Eskwela Renovations,’ Organizers Told. 8220;Oil-based enamel paints containing lead are still being sold in the market. Lead is a neurotoxin that damages children’s mental, cognitive and beh...Guarino...
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Thinking aloud: August 2012
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Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance (SEATCA). Framework Convention Alliance (FCA). Friday, August 24, 2012. Dovil's Blog: A Blog of Dovil: BATNZ - It Worries and it Cares! This is hilarious, but to the point! Now that NZ is strongly considering plain packaging of tobacco products, BAT NZ has started a multi-million dollar campaign against it. Read on! TUESDAY, AUGUST 21, 2012. BATNZ - It Worries and it Cares! There’s no proof that plain packaging would reduce smoking rates in New Zealand. First of al...
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Thinking aloud: March 2012
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Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance (SEATCA). Framework Convention Alliance (FCA). Friday, March 16, 2012. Vanguard: Sex, Lies and Cigarettes. 8206;"Sex, Lies and Cigarettes" may be the hardest hitting video EVER on how the tobacco industry is targeting and chemically enslaving the world's poorest children. It features Philip Morris. It is headlined on WhyQuit's main page: www. Help us end the deception. Help us save our youths and their future. Posted by Dr. Yul. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Image: p...
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Thinking aloud: August 2013
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Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance (SEATCA). Framework Convention Alliance (FCA). Sunday, August 25, 2013. August 26th: we can all be national heroes. Tomorrow, August 26th, is National Heroes Day in the PH, an excellent opportunity for ordinary citizens to be this generation's heroes as we collectively call for the abolition of the congressional pork barrel and the prosecution of all those who have swindled the Filipino public. Posted by Dr. Yul. Friday, August 2, 2013. Although the enormous size o...
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Thinking aloud: July 2015
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Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance (SEATCA). Framework Convention Alliance (FCA). Monday, July 27, 2015. About resident doctors and the PH government hospital system. Earlier this month, Ms. Fely Viloria Sicam wrote an opinion piece (titled "Are resident doctors really doctors? In her column "Loud Whispers" in the Mindanao Times. Other responses of other doctors are easily found on Facebook and elsewhere with the right search keywords. Dear Ms. Sicam,. If you are truly the journalist you claim to be...
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Thinking aloud: November 2013
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Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance (SEATCA). Framework Convention Alliance (FCA). Monday, November 11, 2013. Natural vs manmade disasters. So while we continue to render assistance in any way we can to our brothers and sisters suffering in the Visayas, let us keep a watchful eye on the plunder cases related to the PDAF and ensure that any international assistance is not squandered or looted by unscrupulous politicians. If only God had taken them instead of the many innocents claimed by Yolanda.
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Thinking aloud: March 2015
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Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance (SEATCA). Framework Convention Alliance (FCA). Thursday, March 5, 2015. Happy birthday, FCTC! My op-ed on the 10th anniversary of the WHO FCTC. "In 2005, when the FCTC came into force, the world’s nations united in saying it cannot be business as usual for the tobacco industry.". Http:/ www.bworldonline.com/content.php? Vanquishing the tobacco scourge: Still a long way to go. Health warning labels have also come a long way, from absent or tiny text-only warning on ...
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Thinking aloud: October 2012
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Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance (SEATCA). Framework Convention Alliance (FCA). Thursday, October 25, 2012. Tobacco industry accused of delaying passage of picture-based health warning on cigarette packs PinoyPress. Tobacco industry accused of delaying passage of picture-based health warning on cigarette packs PinoyPress. I was reminded of this article by a fellow advocate, who, while reminding a smoker that it was illegal to smoke in certain public places, was told by that smoker "Why? 8220;We we...
