DepEd launches EskweLA BAN sa Sigarilyo
industry and other unnecessary interactions with the tobacco industry.
Meanwhile, the strategies that the DepEd Order identifies for the effective implementation of the policy are: 1) information, education, and communication; 2) cessation interventions; 3) collaborations, partnerships and linkages; 4) capacity building; and 5) reporting and monitoring.
“We see this project aligned with the government’s intensified campaign against smoking, as demonstrated in the recent issuance of the Executive Order (EO) No. 26,” Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Alberto Muyot said.
EO 26, which provides for the establishment of smoke-free environments in public and enclosed places, designates school principals as the persons-in-charge who shall ensure that schools are 100% smoke-free, and that any tobacco product selling, advertising, and/or promotion located within 100 meters from the school’s perimeter, is reported to the nearest Smoke-Free Task Force.
EskweLA BAN sa Sigarilyo project includes the development and pilottesting of monitoring and reporting tools, training manuals, and schoolbased campaign materials, in selected schools in the cities of Pasig and Makati, and the provinces of Batangas, Bulacan, Bataan, and Pampanga.
The pilot-testing will be completed by December this year and the final outputs shall be rolledout to the rest of the country to support CPCs nationwide in their implementation of the comprehensive tobacco control policy.
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