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00:00 For the audience to be more excited that the violence has stopped,
00:04 a contest was held with the head of the Department of Health.
00:08 Witness, Jamie Santos.
00:10 It's only been 16 days since he started using drugs.
00:18 He's like a friend to his friends.
00:20 And since then, the violence has been a part of his life.
00:24 He's been using drugs for more than two decades.
00:27 Every day, he's running out of a pack of cigarettes.
00:31 Sir, what do you think will stop you from using drugs?
00:34 If it's already prohibited.
00:37 If it's already prohibited? There's no prohibition yet?
00:39 The sale of cigarettes is already prohibited.
00:41 John is a hard worker since he started working.
00:45 He tried to stop, but he was stopped.
00:49 After eating, I just relax.
00:52 I get rid of my fatigue, sometimes stress.
00:56 According to experts, every hit,
00:59 a few seconds is the exchange of your life of smoking.
01:02 To be able to quit, the Department of Health decided to give a prize.
01:07 The LAC Center of the Philippines and the Action on Smoking in Health Philippines
01:14 launched a contest to stop the violence.
01:18 Its goal is to protect and encourage the public
01:21 to strictly follow the prohibition of vaping and to make the country smoke-free.
01:27 This is called stop and gain.
01:29 Because you can't win if you don't gain a better life, a better health.
01:40 Smokers are twice at risk for developing TB when they're smokers.
01:45 And there are many other cancers.
01:47 And to continue to stop smoking or vaping,
01:52 it should be supported by the family and the community.
01:55 Those who need help, there are stop smoking clinics and quitlines
02:06 run by the LAC Center to help them stop smoking.
02:11 All smokers in the country can participate in the contest
02:15 that started to stop from July 1, 2022.
02:19 The winner can win up to Php 5,000 from Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao.
02:26 You can see the details of the Tobacco Cessation Contest
02:29 on the Facebook page of the Action on Smoking in Health Philippines.
02:33 For GMA Integrated News, Jaime Santos, your witness.
02:38 Dear viewers, let's be witnesses together.
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