Smoking: Research shows its lasting effect after quitting

Agence France Presse 02/15/2024

Researchers are still discovering how smoking continues to harm people’s health even years after they quit, with a new study on Wednesday revealing tobacco’s lasting effect on the immune system. Despite the tobacco industry long fighting to…

Danao City mulls prohibiting smoking in all public places

Futch Anthony Inso 09/27/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Danao City leaders are bent on making the city smoke-free as they plan to expand the scope of an existing ordinance that prohibits smoking in select areas in the city. The city council…

What is tobacco harm reduction?

Pegeen Maisie Sararana 03/04/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Smoking cessation in several Filipino tobacco users remains a daunting challenge. Based on the data from the Global Adult Tobacco 2021 Survey, of the 15.1 million adult tobacco users in the Philippines, 63.7…

CESET apprehends more than 150 individuals for smoking in public this month

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 01/30/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A total of 157 individuals were apprehended in Cebu City for smoking in public places, from Jan. 1 to Jan. 29, 2023. Grace Luardo, Cebu City Environmental Sanitation and Enforcement Team (CESET) head,…

CESET collects over 1000 tons of garbage from cemeteries

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 11/02/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Environmental Sanitation and Enforcement Team (CESET) collected 1,063 tons of garbage from the 15 cemeteries in Cebu City beginning 6 am of November 1 until 1 am of November 2,…

Wrong information deters smokers from switching to better alternatives

PR 06/20/2021

Advocates of tobacco harm reduction (THR) urged adult smokers to discern the science behind non-combustible alternatives as misleading and false information may push them away from switching to better nicotine alternatives like vapes and heated tobacco products…

Smoke, not nicotine, causes deaths – health expert

06/05/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines –Inhalation of smoke, not nicotine, is the culprit that causes smoking related deaths and diseases according to a Canadian health expert. “The nicotine itself is not the problem. The global health catastrophe we face…

Let go of those habits that can drag you down

Doris Mondragon - Content Specialist 04/09/2021

MEDELLIN, Cebu—Habits are small but essential things that can greatly improve the overall quality of our lives. These small consistent things or habits we do can add up to big rewards, but there are also some of them that…

Harm reduction

Peter Wallace - @inquirerdotnet 09/03/2020

  I’m going to come back to this topic (see my column “Smoking kills, vaping doesn’t” on July 11, 2019) because we need to save Filipino lives from all illnesses, not just COVID-19. Smoking kills, we know…

Simple steps to keep your cholesterol levels healthy

Rhobie Alburo Ruaya 05/04/2020

Cholesterol is a type of fat found in our blood. It is a chemical compound that the body requires as a building block for cell membranes and hormones. Cholesterol is very important in our bodies for it…

Night Market days are numbered — Market Authority

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 01/10/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Night Bazaar or more commonly known as the Night Market may last only up to January 31.  Jonil Matuguina, Market Authority head, said they would recommend to the mayor to…

Cenro wants designated smoking areas part of OBO, business permit requirements

Rosalie Abatayo 12/31/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines —  Two years into the effectivity of Cebu City’s Anti-Smoking in Public Ordinance, the City Environment and Natural Resources Office (Cenro) admitted that several establishments are still non-compliant with the requirement of putting up…

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