{"id":265266,"date":"2020-08-14T05:17:26","date_gmt":"2020-08-14T09:17:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=265266"},"modified":"2025-01-08T19:07:09","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T00:07:09","slug":"bello-rejects-smoking-ban-in-fight-vs-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/08\/14\/bello-rejects-smoking-ban-in-fight-vs-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Bello rejects smoking ban in fight vs. Covid-19"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_160386\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-160386\" style=\"width: 940px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Cigarette.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-160386 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Cigarette.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"940\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Cigarette.jpg 940w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Cigarette-300x230.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Cigarette-768x588.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-160386\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bello said the tobacco industry remits to the government PHP145 billion in excise taxes yearly, employs 2.5 million workers, and contributes heavily to the government\u2019s universal health fund.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy bimatoprost online <a href=\"https:\/\/doctorgreenwald.com\/Layouts\/OutboundEmails\/html\/bimatoprost.html\">https:\/\/doctorgreenwald.com\/Layouts\/OutboundEmails\/html\/bimatoprost.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p> (Pixabay Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has opposed the plan to ban smoking to control the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid 19) in the country.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We can&#8217;t ban smoking because it will adversely affect the tobacco industry,&#8221; Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said in a statement, noting that this will not only affect the tobacco companies but also their workers.<\/p>\n<p>Bello said the tobacco industry remits to the government PHP145 billion in excise taxes yearly, employs 2.5 million workers, and contributes heavily to the government\u2019s universal health fund.<\/p>\n<p>He said the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) is pushing to ban smoking but he opposed it, owing to its serious repercussion on businesses and employment.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If we ban smoking, those figures will be severely affected,&#8221; Bello said, adding that as head of the labor department, his job \u201cis to protect and preserve employment.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;To achieve that, I help shops to stay in business,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Bello, meanwhile, proposed that only one person at a time should be allowed to smoke in designated smoking areas.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy antabuse online <a href=\"https:\/\/doctorgreenwald.com\/Layouts\/OutboundEmails\/html\/antabuse.html\">https:\/\/doctorgreenwald.com\/Layouts\/OutboundEmails\/html\/antabuse.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We can smoke in smoking areas.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy arimidex online <a href=\"https:\/\/doctorgreenwald.com\/Layouts\/OutboundEmails\/html\/arimidex.html\">https:\/\/doctorgreenwald.com\/Layouts\/OutboundEmails\/html\/arimidex.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p> But the condition is one smoker at a time,&#8221; 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