Comparing Tobacco and Alcohol Policies From a Health Systems Perspective: The Cases of the Philippines and Singapore

• Main Authors: Amul, Gianna Gayle H, Etter, Jean-Francois
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2022
• Subjects: alcohol control; health policy; health systems; Philippines; policy surveillance; public health law; Singapore; tobacco control; health care policy; human; public policy; tobacco; tobacco industry; humans; tobacco products; Community Health and Preventive Medicine; Health Policy; Medicine and Health Sciences; Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration; Public Health; Social and Behavioral Sciences
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/asog-pubs/247; https://doi.org/10.3389/ijph.2022.1605050
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

Objective: To provide a comparative analysis of current tobacco and alcohol control laws and policies in the Philippines and Singapore Methods: We used a public health law framework that incorporates a systems approach using a scorecard to assess the progress of the Philippines and Singapore in toba...