Action by individuals
To ensure the success of both local tobacco
control policy and the international Framework Convention on Tobacco
Control in combating the global tobacco epidemic, individual Filipino
citizens must play a key role in the ratification and implementation
of the treaty. Individual Filipinos can take several actions in order
to support the FCTC including the following:
What can you do?
Join
the FCTC Alliance, Philippines (FCAP);
Write
letters to newspapers in your area and to politicians,
including the President, the Secretary of Health, your Congressman,
your mayor and other elected officials, voicing
your support for strong tobacco control legislation including
-
ratification by the Senate
of the FCTC, which the Philippines signed in September 2003
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a complete ban on tobacco advertising
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raising of tobacco taxes
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strict enforcement of the Clean
Air Act and RA 9211, including the
provision of 100% smokefree public places
-
large pictorial warnings on cigarette
packs and other tobacco products
Write them, fax them,
call them today!
Sign
the Open Letter to President Arroyo;
Download
and distribute the Smokebusters
Letter (PDF) to support the Clean Air Act;
Join
the It's
Okay to Say You Mind signature campaign;
Work
to see a 100% smokefree policy in your workplace, if it is not already
in place;
Learn
more about tobacco control and the FCTC;
Teach
your friends and family about tobacco control issues;
Support
and encourage friends and family who smoke to quit.
