Stay fit and healthy, P-Noy, you owe it to Pinoys (0)
7/27/10 •
A 17-year study of nearly 8,000 people has shown that people living with regular smokers are more than twice as likely to die of lung cancer than those living with non-smokers. And just recently, Malcolm Law, one of the authors of a definitive analysis on passive smoking, revealed that for the last 10 years, studies have clearly shown that those who live with smokers face a higher risk of developing lung cancer by 25 percent.
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Government collects P32-billion excise taxes in first half (0)
7/26/10 •
MANILA, Philippines – The government has collected P32.284 billion in excise taxes from January to June, higher than the P29.446 billion generated in the same period last year, latest data from the Department of Finance (DOF) showed.
Excise tax take climbs by P3 billion at end-June (0)
7/25/10 •
The national government’s excise tax collection increased by 10 percent in the first-six months of the year to P32.3 billion from P29.4 billion in the same period last year.
Farmers endorse NTA official For her role in development of alternative products (0)
7/24/10 •
Cognizant of her role in the development and commercialization of alternative products from tobacco, the Philippine Association of Tobacco-based Cooperatives (PATCO) endorsed on Saturday the appointment of National Tobacco Administration (NTA) officer-in-charge (OIC) Cristina Catu-Lopez as administrator of the agency.
Philip Morris offers new technology to curb smuggling (0)
7/23/10 •
MANILA, Philippines – Philip Morris Philippines, Inc. (PMPI), the local unit of US-based cigarette manufacturing giant has reiterated its offer to the government to provide the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) a security technology that aims to curb smuggling of cigarettes.
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