RESEARCHERS from the Ateneo de Manila University urged the government to regulate flavored tobacco, citing the Philippines' obligation as a signatory to the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control.

"Regulating flavored tobacco products requires a comprehensive policy approach complemented by complete enforcement. Flavor substances, flavor descriptors, and flavor imagery must be regulated altogether; however, it is ideal to enforce a ban on flavored tobacco products in compliance with the [World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control], to which the Philippines is a signatory," the researchers said in a statement.

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