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BY MAE SINGUAY
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Saturday, February 11, 2017
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A man taps ashes off a cigarette into an ashtray filled with cigarette butts. Including “antismoking education” in school curriculums will help raise awareness on the hazards of smoking among the youth, the Bacolod city council says. REUTERS
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BACOLOD City – Schools were asked to include “antismoking education” into their curriculums.
This will help raise awareness on the hazards of smoking among the youth, according to the Sangguniang Panlungsod.
The Philippines is the second-largest tobacco consumer in Southeast Asia, stated the resolution authored by Councilor Renecito Novero and approved on Wednesday, Feb. 8.
Among Filipino teenagers aged 13 to 15 years old, 13.7 percent uses tobacco products, the resolution stated, citing the Youth and Tobacco in the Western Pacific Region: Global Youth Tobacco Survey Report (2005 to 2014) published by the World Health Organization.
They do not include those in the same age group exposed to secondhand smoke at home or in public places, the resolution further said.
“The city recognizes the vital role of the youth in nation-building and adheres to the policy of the state to promote and protect their physical, moral, spiritual, intellectual, and social well-being,” the city council said.
“It is the policy of the city to protect the populace, especially the youth, from hazardous products and promote the right to health and instill health consciousness among them,” it added.
Earlier the Sangguniang Panlungsod also asked schools to include antidrug lessons in their curriculums./PN
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