PHILIPPINES
On 18 May 2011 (Wednesday), Filipino physician Ulysses Dorotheo won the The Judy Wilkenfeld Award for International Tobacco Control Excellence that the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kinds presented in the United States for pushing tobacco control in the Philippines. He is the first Asian to win the prestigious prize.
On 18 May 2011 (Wednesday), Filipino physician Ulysses Dorotheo won the The Judy Wilkenfeld Award for International Tobacco Control Excellence that the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kinds presented in the United States for pushing tobacco control in the Philippines. He is the first Asian to win the prestigious prize.
Dorotheo, a neuro-ophthalmologis, is current project direct for the Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance under its Southeast Asia Initiative on Tobacco Tax (SEASTCA-SITT). SITT is a five-year program aimed primarily at raising tobacco taxes and prices in Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, the Philippiens, and Vietnam.
The Philippines "has among the lowest cigarette prices in the world; consequently ranks among those with the highest smoking prevalence," noted HealthJustice, an NGO involved in tobacco control in the country. Filipinos dying from tobacco-related diseases in the country has increased to 87,000 annually, according to the Department of Health. [Source: Virgil Lopez: "Filipino wins international award for tobacco control," SunStar Network Exchange (20 May 2011)]
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