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    Post 17.3M Filipinos are smokers, says NSO

    Some 17.3 million or 28 percent of Filipinos 15 years and older are smokers, according to the National Statistics Office.

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    PI Govt should be introducing swingeing measures like here, banning smokingit in public and the workplace, massive tax on fags etc


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    Quote Originally Posted by Dedworth View Post
    should be introducing swinging
    wife swapping
    i have learnt to do what my wife says!


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    Quote Originally Posted by Dedworth View Post
    ....massive tax on fags etc
    Not fair om the puffs
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dedworth View Post
    PI Govt should be introducing swingeing measures like here, banning smokingit in public and the workplace, massive tax on fags etc
    Well the new president is a proud chain smoker so I doubt it!! If he whacked up the tax 100% then a packet of menthols would cost about 50 Pesos!! Diabolical liberty if you ask me!


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    Quote Originally Posted by Win2WinRSS View Post
    Some 17.3 million or 28 percent of Filipinos 15 years and older are smokers, according to the National Statistics Office.

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    Im surprised by that figure. To me, it seems like every man and his dog has got a fag on in Manila.

    I wouldn't put too much credence in that figure and the same goes for the average life expectancy, they quote the average is 75yo
    I find that very hard to believe as well


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    Those figures actually tie in with independent research by universities over the last decade, but they are climbing.... and life expectancy is about right, http://www.google.com/publicdata?ds=...cy+philippines up from 67 in 1998. As usual with life expectancy figures it is the male that bring it down, lagging about 7 years behind females.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Win2Win View Post
    Those figures actually tie in with independent research by universities over the last decade, but they are climbing.... and life expectancy is about right, http://www.google.com/publicdata?ds=...cy+philippines up from 67 in 1998. As usual with life expectancy figures it is the male that bring it down, lagging about 7 years behind females.
    The average life expectancy is 76yo in the south west of England, that is the highest in the UK.
    The north of England fare a lot less.

    I don't doubt the sauce of your info, I just find it hard to believe.
    When you look at the pollution over there, it amazes me people reach the age of 50yo when living in the big cities like Manila.

    I'm looking at the average Joe, not just office workers who are more than likely going to live longer than the tricycle rider.

    Then you look at the health care compared with the UK. You can't compare it.

    The wife said, 'The Philippines is great but, don't get sick'


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    Even the newly elected president is a smoker.


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    The thing with the Phil is that the majority of people live outside the city, whereas in the UK they live in cities. We are an obese nation with one of the highest levels of heart disease, whereas the Phil has a healthy diet..... you have to realise that in the last few years the average life expectancy in the USA has levelled out and at some points over the last decade actually dropped!!

    Healthcare has improved drastically in the Phil in the last 2 decades, and most do find ways of getting it, whereas in the USA the 10% of people with no insurance are the very ones dragging down the average life expectancy ..... go figure

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    whereas the Phil has a healthy diet.....
    The poor perhaps as they cant afford to eat Lechon and chicharon except at fiesta`s...These lot eat cheap fish,boiled rice and leaves which I suppose is a good diet??
    The rest of them just love eating pig fat and they consume the stuff whenever they can..
    Not sure what percentage of them die of heart disease but I would have thought its quite high.


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    Won't be as high as the UK which has one of the highest rates in the Galaxy
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