{"id":120493,"date":"2017-10-01T00:43:18","date_gmt":"2017-10-01T04:43:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=120493"},"modified":"2017-10-01T00:43:18","modified_gmt":"2017-10-01T04:43:18","slug":"removal-of-tobacco-industrys-seat-at-iac-t-pushed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/10\/01\/removal-of-tobacco-industrys-seat-at-iac-t-pushed\/","title":{"rendered":"Removal of tobacco industry’s seat at IAC-T pushed"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"DA<\/a>
Based on the report of Health Justice Philippines, it is objectionable that the tobacco industry continues to have a seat in the IAC-T. (Photo By Sjschen (Sjschen) (Own work) [GFDL (http:\/\/www.gnu.org\/copyleft\/fdl.html), CC-BY-SA-3.0<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>MANILA –The Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance (SEATCA) said that it supports call for the removal of the tobacco industry from the Inter-Agency Committee on Tobacco (IAC-T).<\/p>\n

In a press briefing on Friday, SEATCA – Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) Program Director, Dr. Ulysses Dorotheo, said they were hopeful that the recent moves in the House of Representatives would not become futile.<\/p>\n

“We hope that this will actually end up as an amendment, and remove that low score from the index in the Philippines,” Dorotheo said.<\/p>\n

He was referring to the low score received by the Philippines in the Tobacco Industry Interference Index Country Report 2017 in terms of the Tobacco Industry Participation in Policy Development aspect.<\/p>\n

Based on the report of Health Justice Philippines, it is objectionable that the tobacco industry continues to have a seat in the IAC-T.<\/p>\n

In particular, IAC-T has for its members representatives of the Philippine Tobacco Institute (PTI).<\/p>\n

Health Justice president Mary Ann Fernandez-Mendoza said they are one with the call of SEATCA in removing the IAC-T seat of the tobacco industry.<\/p>\n

“We reiterate our call to Congress to amend RA 9211 and remove the representative of the tobacco industry from the IAC-T, the government body tasked to lead the implementation of tobacco control laws,” Mendoza said.<\/p>\n

She said this is due to conflict of interest.<\/p>\n

“There is a conflict of interest in such a situation because of the vested, commercial interests of the tobacco industry and the state\u2019s mandate to protect public health,\u201d Mendoza added.<\/p>\n

To note, Republic Act No 9211 or the Tobacco Regulation Act of 2003, names the Philippine Tobacco Institute as a member of the IAC-T.<\/p>\n

FCTC Article 5.3 providing that the tobacco industry must not be allowed to interfere in public health policy making.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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