FOURTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC) 
OF THE PHILIPPINES 
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First Regular Session 
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S. B. No. SENYi!B 
Introduced by Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
The Consumer Act of the Philippines, Article 94 does not require on each cigarette 
promotional product the inclusion of a warning that cigarette smoking may be hazardous to one's 
health. The Consumer Act merely requires the labeling of the packages of cigarettes for sale or 
distribution within the country but it does not require that other promotional products should 
contain such labeling requirements. 
This bill seeks to amend such law by requiring that promotional products for cigaretles 
should bear labels, warning the public of the health dangers associated with cigarette smoking.* 
*This bill was originally fi1e.d during the Thirteenth Congress, First Regular Session 


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FOURTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC) 
OF THE PHILIPPINES 
1 
7 JUL 18 rJ%:!sI 
First Regular Session 
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Introduced by Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago 
AN ACT 
AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7394 ALSO KNOWN AS 
THE CONSUMER ACT OF THE PHILIPPINES, ARTICLE 94 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress 
assembled: 
SECTION 1. Republic Act No. 7394, also lmown as the Consumer Act of the Philippines, 
Art. 94, is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph: 
Cigarette Promotional Product Labeling. - It shall be unlawful for any person to 
manufacture, package, or import for sale or distribution within the country any object that 
is sold or given or caused to be sold or given by any manufacturer, packager, or importer 
to consumers for their personal use and that displays the brand name, logo, or selling 
message of any cigarette product, including pens, pencils, clothing, and sporting goods, 
unless such object bears, in accordance with the requirements of this section, one of the 
following labels: 
(1) 
GOVERNMENT WARNING: Smoking Causes Lung Cancer, 
Heart Disease, Emphysema, and may complicate Pregnancy. 
(2) 
Reduces Serious Risks to Your Health. 
(3) 
Result in Fetal Injury, Premature Birth, and Low Birth Weight. 
(4) 
Monoxide. 
GOVERNMENT WARNING: Quitting Smoking Now Greatly 
GOVERNMENT WARNING: Smoking by Pregnant Women May 
GOVERNMENT WARNING: Cigarette Smoke Contains Carbon 
The label shall be located in a conspicuous and prominent place on the object, in a 
format and legible type, in contrast with all other printed material on the object. 
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SECTION 2. Separability Clause. - IC any provision or part hereof, is held invalid or 
unconstitutional, the remainder of the law or the law or the provision not otherwise affected shall 
remain valid and subsisting. 
SECTION 3. Repealing Clause. - Any law, presidential decree or issuance, executive 
order, letter of instruction, administrative order, rule or regulation contrary to, or inconsistent 
with, the provision of this Act is hereby repeated, modified, or amended accordingly. 
SECTION 4. E'ectivity 
Clause. - This Act shall take fifteen (15) days after its 
publication in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation. 
Approved, 
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