Tobacco farmers urge passage of SB 2432

By Janine Alexis Miguel

May 03, 2024 12:22 am

TOBACCO farmers' groups urged the Congress to pass Senate Bill (SB) 2432, or the Anti-Agricultural Economic Sabotage Act, before President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s State of the Nation Address (SONA) to counter smuggling, which is harming local tobacco farmers.

The Philippine Tobacco Growers Association (PTGA) and the National Federation of Tobacco Farmers Association and Cooperatives (Naftac) on Thursday called for Congress to already convene a Bicameral Conference Committee before July.

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