- Opening address
of Dr. Shigeru Omi (Regional
Director, WHO-Western Pacific Region)
"The
message is simple: We need to clear the air."
- Storytelling
by Master Emile Justin Cebrian
(Alitaptap Storytellers Club)
"Be Smart, Don't Start"
- Reading of the
Open Letter to President Arroyo
from multi-sectoral tobacco control partners
by Miss Marison Saulog (Children
and Tobacco Congress 2000)
- Reading of Pastoral
Letters from the Adventist Church, the Church of Jesus
Christ Latter Day Saints, and the Iglesia ni Cristo
and a Letter of Support from the Catholic Bishops Conference
of the Philippines-National Seretariat for Social Action, Justice,
and Peace
- Declaration of
Smoke-free University Policy
by Dr. Alfredo
Ramirez (Chancellor,
University of the Philippines Manila)
- Audiovisual presentation:
"We Mind: Kids Deserve a Smoke-free World" (WHO-TFI)
- Book Launching:
Smoke-free Kid's Kit (series of 7) (WHO-TFI)
- Formal launching
of the FCTC Alliance, Philippines (FCAP)
- Keynote address
of Dr. Manuel Dayrit (Secretary
of Health)
"I enjoin everyone to support the campaign against
smoking and its health, economic, and social hazards."
Representative
Magtanggol Gunigundo, author of the Anti-Tobacco Bill (HB 4244)
was also present and announced that HB 12917, a consolidated house
bill on tobacco was approved by the Congressional Committee on
Health last January 6, 2001.
The programme
concluded with a tour of Museo Pambata's Travelling Exhibit on
tobacco "Be Smart, Don't Start"
and a press conference.
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