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P1.4-B worth of smuggled cigarettes seized in Sulu: AFP

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 03 11:03 PM

Government troops seized around P1.4 billion worth of smuggled cigarettes in Indanan town, Sulu on Thursday. Read more »

P90M worth of contraband cigarettes nabbed off Sulu

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 21 11:46 AM

P90 million worth of undocumented cigarettes were nabbed by the Philippine Navy off the coast of Sulu on February 18. Read more »

Sin tax hike sought to bolster revenues, cut tobacco use

Warren de Guzman, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 21 08:59 AM

Advocates and officials alike are seeking to raise sin taxes to boost revenues for the Philippines while slashing tobacco use in the country. Read more »

Bilang ng mga Pinoy na gumagamit ng tobacco products, bumaba

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 06 08:04 PM

Sa report ng 2021 Global Tobacco Survey na isinagawa ng Philippines Statistics Authority, bumaba sa 19.5 porsiyento mula 23.8 porsiyento noong 2015 ang bilang ng mga edad 15 pataas na gumagamit ng tobacco products tulad ng sigarilyo at e-cigarettes. Read more »

Customs intercepts smuggled cigarettes in Zamboanga

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 05 10:56 AM

Government agents on Wednesday intercepted P8 million worth of smuggled cigarettes in Zamboanga City, the Bureau of Customs said. Read more »

Higit P1-M halaga ng umano'y smuggled cigarettes nasabat

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 14 05:54 AM

Naengganyo lang umano ang mga nahuli na ibenta ang mga sigarilyo dahil mas mura ito kumpara sa mga nakasanayang sigarilyo. Read more »

Juul agrees to settle over marketing vapes to US youth

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 07 06:07 AM

Juul has been blamed for a surge in youth vaping over its marketing of fruit and candy flavored e-cigarettes, which it stopped selling in 2019. Read more »

New Zealand taking steps toward kicking smoking habit

Kyodo News
Posted at Aug 24 04:43 PM

New Zealand is proposing bold new tobacco-control measures in a bid to become "smoke-free" by 2025. Read more »

Customs destroys P5.3-M smuggled cigarettes in Palawan

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 21 05:25 PM

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) in Palawan said Sunday that it has destroyed about P5.3 million worth of smuggled cigarettes. Read more »

P8.6-M worth of alleged smuggled cigarettes seized

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 13 11:38 AM

The customs bureau has seized P8.6 million worth of alleged smuggled cigarettes in multiple operations from last month until this week in Zamboanga. Read more »

P2.1 million smuggled cigarettes seized at Cebu port

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 04 07:13 PM

Authorities on Monday seized a truck loaded with smuggled cigarettes worth P2.1 million at a port in Oslob, southern Cebu. Read more »

Edad 18 pataas puwede bumili ng vape, ayon sa panukalang naisabatas

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 26 07:37 PM

Nag-lapse at naging batas ang kontrobersiyal na vape bill na hindi nalagdaan o na-veto 30 araw matapos maisumite sa Malacanang. Read more »

Smuggled na sigarilyo kumpiskado sa Davao City; 2 huli

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 17 12:39 PM

Nakumpiska ng mga awtoridad nitong madaling araw ng Linggo ang nasa higit P2 milyong halaga ng smuggled na sigarilyo sa Davao City. Read more »

Hinihinalang pekeng sigarilyo nakumpiska sa Subic

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 09 01:10 PM

Nakalagay sa tatlong 40-foot container ang 3,160 master cases ng mga pekeng sigarilyo. Read more »

Puzzled Cayetano says vape bill in limbo in lower House

Jauhn Etienne Villaruel, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 23 08:56 PM

Cayetano and health experts are urging President Rodrigo Duterte to veto the bill once it lands on his table. Read more »

US to reduce nicotine content in cigarettes: reports

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jun 22 07:13 AM

Nicotine is the ‘feel good’ chemical that hooks millions to tobacco products. Read more »

Mexico bans sales of 'harmful' e-cigarettes

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 01 03:58 PM

President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said it was a "lie" to claim that e-cigarettes are a safe alternative to inhaling tobacco smoke. Read more »

Customs destroys P95M worth of smuggled cigarettes

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 13 11:59 AM

Smuggled cigarettes worth more than P95 million were destroyed by the Bureau of Customs (BOC) at the Port of Subic on May 12. Read more »

Hinihinalang smuggled cigarettes nasabat sa Zamboanga

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 04 08:23 AM

Idadaan umano sa Zamboanga patungo sa Visayas ang mga smuggled na sigarilyo. Read more »

Hong Kong ban on sale of e-cigarettes takes effect

Edith Lin, South China Morning Post
Posted at May 01 04:10 AM

A law banning the sale of e-cigarettes and other heated tobacco products in Hong Kong has forced some shops selling these items to fold. Read more »