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AU  - Sambitan, Salvador Jr., Darbene Lester, Saravillo, Sarah Jane, Segovia, Ruth Joy Sicat, Joe, Sogocio, Arlynn Gail, Sopliman, Johnking, Soliman Maria Lourdes, suarez, Eli-Anne Pearl, Sunga, Anne Bernadette, Sunga, Armelie, Tan, Christian Joy, Torres , Doris Katrina.
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ED  - The PLM College of Medicine and the Ospital ng Maynila Journal of Medicine. August 2011. pp.12-31.
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SN  - 2
PY  - 0000///46
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KW  - 20
KW  - Smoking
KW  - sears0
N1  - ABSTRACT :  Cigarette smoking is considered to be the leading preventable cause of death amd morbidities  in the world. Health policies have been crafted to control  the tobacco epidemic  especially among the youth among these laws is the R>A. 9334 aka Sin Tax Law, an act that imposes a four - tiereed scpecific tas system on cigerattes to make it unaffordable to the youth, thus preventing them to start smoking. This study aims to assess the relationship of students daily allowance and prevalence of smoking to evaluate the effectiveness of R>A 9334 also known as the Sin Tax Law in restricting cigarette affordability to minors.  A cross sectional study design was employed. All the students in 2nd and 3rd year levels of Esteban Abada High School (EAHS) were included in the study totaling 765 respondents. The amount of disposable daily allowance was determined by subtracting  the expenses on food and transportation from daily allowance. This was categorized into High (PHP 41 and above) andLow (PHP 0-40). Out of 765 respomdents the prevalence  of smoking is 12.9%. Majority of the smokers (84.8%) have low amount of disposable daily allowance. Also , most of the smokers (56%) buy their own cigarettes and (63%) of them do this by using the money from thier own cigerattes and (63%) of them do this using the money from their daily allowance. Most of those who buy their own cigarettes (72.4%) only need PHP 1-5 to buy cigarettes per transaction and more than half of them (56.3%) smoke 1-2 days a week, followed by 23% who smoke everyday. Majority (60.9%) of smokers think that price of cigarette is just enough / appropriate while 27.6% think that it is affordable and only 8.1% think that it is expensive.; 5
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