Philippines

Tobacco companies in the Philippines must now put large graphic warnings, consisting of powerful, real-life images of tobacco-related disease, on 50 percent of the front and back of tobacco packs.

Publication of Rules and Regulations removes final barrier to implementation of warnings on tobacco packs from 3 March, 2016.

Guest blogger Patty Miranda, from Health Justice Philippines, recently joined a three-day strategic communication workshop in Manila

Efforts to raise awareness about the dangers of tobacco in the Philippines is moving online, through social media.