Where There’s Smoke: 5 Ways the Tobacco Industry Exerts Undue Influence on Philippine Policy

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐨 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐏𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬.

One of the main reasons? We are not holding public officials accountable for conflicts of interest when they have financial stakes in tobacco businesses.

With support from Vital Strategies, the Philippine Legislators’ Committee on Population and Development (PLCPD) researched how conflicts of interest in the civil service affect public health policy.

To make things simple, we made this material highlighting 𝟓 𝐤𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐨 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐞𝐱𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐏𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲 and what we can do to change this rigged system.

It’s time to strengthen our conflict of interest rules!

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