New Research Identifies Policy Options that Could Encourage Filipinos to Quit Smoking: Higher Taxes and Really Big Health Warning Labels
MANILA —New evidence from a survey of Filipino adults who smoke suggests that a 23% increase on cigarette taxes, from ₱69.46 to ₱90.00, and requiring that cigarette packs carry larger health warning labels (HWLs) are likely to motivate more people to consider quitting.