MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is set to sign a regulation this month banning smoking in public across Southeast Asia's second-most populous country, rolling out among the ...

Consumer survey results support solutions to accelerate the decline in Filipino smoking rates MANILA (March 11, 2026)—New evidence from a ...

MANILA – A coalition of health and child rights advocates backed Health Secretary Teodoro Herbosa’s call to raise the age ...

MANILA, Philippines — The illicit tobacco trade in the Philippines is not only depriving the government of billions in much-needed revenue but also worsening the country’s public health crisis by ...

A new study suggests that increasing cigarette taxes and expanding graphic health warnings on cigarette packs could encourage millions of Filipinos to quit smoking. Research published in the journal ...