{"id":10859,"date":"2014-05-18T13:28:55","date_gmt":"2014-05-18T05:28:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=10859"},"modified":"2014-05-18T13:28:55","modified_gmt":"2014-05-18T05:28:55","slug":"doh-car-endorses-higher-tobacco-taxes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/05\/18\/doh-car-endorses-higher-tobacco-taxes\/","title":{"rendered":"DOH-CAR endorses higher tobacco taxes"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_10860\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10860\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/tobacco-farmers.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10860\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/tobacco-farmers.jpg\" alt=\"Tobacco farmers. ShutterStock image\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/tobacco-farmers.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/tobacco-farmers-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/tobacco-farmers-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10860\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tobacco farmers. ShutterStock image<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>BAGUIO CITY -\u2013 The Department of Health \u2013 Cordillera (DOH-Cor) is endorsing the imposition of higher taxes on tobacco to further promote health care.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview Saturday, Teresita Forman-eg, Regional Tobacco Coordinator of the Local Health Support Division, observed that tobacco consumption decreased following the implementation of sin taxes in the country.<\/p>\n<p>It is in this line that the World Health Organization (WHO) and the DOH \u2013 Cor will launch the &#8216;World No To Tobacco Day&#8217; on May 31.<\/p>\n<p>Forman-eg said the goal of the World No Tobacco Day is to promote a smoke-free day which may be a precedent to quit smoking.<\/p>\n<p>Forman-eg lauded the local government unit of Baguio City for the implementation of the Anti-smoking Ordinance which was considered for the nomination of the city to the Red Orchid Awards.<\/p>\n<p>The Red Orchid Awards, she said, is an effort of the health department to strengthen the implementation of the anti-smoking ordinances in the Cordilleras.<\/p>\n<p>Tobacco use is the most preventable cause of death, she added.<\/p>\n<p>Statistics shows that tobacco causes fatality to about six million people annually and about 600,000 are second hand smokers or non-smokers who inhale cigarette smoke from others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BAGUIO CITY -\u2013 The Department of Health \u2013 Cordillera (DOH-Cor) is endorsing the imposition of higher taxes on tobacco to &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":10860,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[95],"tags":[1843,2401,2252,3582],"class_list":["post-10859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news-ph","tag-car","tag-doh","tag-taxes","tag-tobacco","mauthors-jojo-lamaria","mauthors-philippines-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10859","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10859"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10859\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}