{"id":845,"date":"2013-06-28T03:39:41","date_gmt":"2013-06-28T03:39:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stg-blogs.bmj.com\/tc\/?p=845"},"modified":"2013-06-28T03:41:45","modified_gmt":"2013-06-28T03:41:45","slug":"the-philippines-tobacco-crime-scenes-pop-up-in-the-metro-on-world-no-tobacco-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stg-blogs.bmj.com\/tc\/2013\/06\/28\/the-philippines-tobacco-crime-scenes-pop-up-in-the-metro-on-world-no-tobacco-day\/","title":{"rendered":"The Philippines: Tobacco \u2018crime scenes\u2019 pop up in the metro on World No Tobacco Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

Photos and report credit: Nichola Liboro, HealthJustice<\/p>\n

On World No Tobacco Day in the Philippines capital Manila, commuters were stunned to find grisly crime scenes in various locations in the metro. The cause of death: tobacco.<\/p>\n

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The tobacco \u2018crime scenes\u2019 are actually art installations vividly illustrating what tobacco companies don\u2019t want people to see: smoking kills. The installations are part of a campaign called Cause of Death: Tobacco<\/b>, spearheaded by HealthJustice Philippines in partnership with the Department of Health (DOH), the Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA), Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance (SEATCA), and the New Vois Association of the Philippines (NVAP), among others.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you promote smoking, you promote death, it\u2019s as simple as that,\u201d said Irene Reyes, Managing Director at HealthJustice. \u201cTobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship (TAPS) activities deceive and hide the truth from the public, making it seem as if smoking is glamorous and cool when the truth is that it kills one out of every 2 smokers. A comprehensive ban on TAPS will help in reducing deaths that would be caused by smoking.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cTobacco really is the world\u2019s biggest serial killer. For this simple reason alone it needs no further promotion,\u201d said Diana Trivino, Project Manager at HealthJustice. \u201cTobacco is a major cause of the world\u2019s top killer diseases including stroke, lung cancer and cardiovascular diseases. It is responsible for almost 1 in 10 adult deaths worldwide. It is irresponsible to continue to allow promotion of tobacco products.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Photos and report credit: Nichola Liboro, HealthJustice On World No Tobacco Day in the Philippines capital Manila, commuters were stunned to find grisly crime scenes in various locations in the metro. The cause of death: tobacco.               The tobacco \u2018crime scenes\u2019 are actually art installations vividly illustrating what tobacco […]<\/p>\n

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