3.3 Perception of plain packaging and health warnings Both non-smokers and smokers agreed that tobacco products should come in plain packaging (727% and 629%), that they agree with the proposal (696% and 636%), that current health warnings should be larger (762% and 748%), that plain packaging can decrease tobacco use (565% and 515%), that plain packaging is relevant to the Philippine context (64% and 548%), and that it is possible to adopt plain packaging in the Philippines (696% and 595%)
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Pointing to how some stores had closed after they were badly affected by the new liquor laws, which started last year, Mr Hong Poh Hin, who chairs the Foochow Coffee Restaurant & Bar Merchants Association, said: It is important to ensure any proposed tobacco-control measures are supported by evidence of effectiveness in reducing smoking incidence in Singapore, while addressing the impact on the affected retailers. Our members, many of which are small- and medium-enterprises, have been bearing the brunt of escalating operating costs, manpower constraints and a flurry of increasing regulations that directly impacted their biggest sources of income, he added
Filters do not block all the bad chemicals in smoke, and filtered smoke feels milder on the throat, making it easier to take bigger and deeper puffs
