Davao 100% Smoke Free City

News & Updates — By m8orcz on June 13, 2010 at 5:40 pm

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Davao City- Dr. Domilyn Villareiz, Anti-Smoking Task Force (ASTF) co-chair said that the local ordinance will amend provisions of the current Anti-Smoking Ordinance that prohibits smoking in public areas and requires permits for private establishments to be able to create smoking rooms.

“We are looking at making our city 100% cigarette smoke-free in all establishments. We are pushing that there should also be no allowance to have smoking rooms. This is to comply with the FTCT, which is an international treaty for tobacco control,” she said.

Villareiz stressed that the city ordinance will be based on World Health Organization’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) as the country is among the signatories of that treaty.

“The Philippines, being one of the 168-member party signatory to the treaty, should comply with the international agreement,” she said.

Villareiz said the city ordinance will be based on World Health Organization’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) as the country is among the signatories of that treaty.