The Philippines’ Department of Health yesterday published new graphic warnings that will be included on cigarette packs, according to a story on ABS-CBN.
There are 12 warnings, including one depicting a mouth cancer patient, an asthma-stricken boy and a stillborn baby.
The warnings indicate, too, that cigarette ingredients are used in embalming fluid and toilet cleaners.
Such warnings were made mandatory under a nearly four-year-old law signed by former president and smoker Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino.
Aquino’s successor, President Rodrigo Duterte, last year signed an executive order restricting smoking in public places, replicating a city ordinance he instituted as Davao mayor.
About 15.9 million Filipino adults smoke tobacco products, down from about 17.0 million in 2009, according to the 2015 Global Adult Tobacco Survey.
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