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Cruz, a writer known for his anti-policy, opinionated (and sometimes wacky) columns for the Philippine Inquirer, expresses somewhat naively his concerns about the high tobacco tax policy in the Philippines: The government raised the excise tax on cigarettes to increase tax collection and, allegedly, to force smokers to quit or at least smoke less

A year later, Philip Morris publicly refuted the notion that secondhand smoke was harmful, releasing an ad that read, I know theres no proof my smoke can hurt you. To try to prevent smokers from having another reason to cut back or quit, and to persuade policymakers there was no need to implement smoking bans in public places, the industry sought to counter the research

Us Tareyton smokers would rather fight than switch