Lawmakers are calling for graphic-based health warnings on cigarette packs and are poised to file a bill which advocates plain packaging reports the Philippine Daily Inquirer.

Magtanggol Gunigundo, a Valenzuela representative, said if tobacco firms continue to resist House Bill 3364, a law which proposes the use of graphic-based health warnings on cigarette packs, they would call for plain packaging instead.
"We can file another bill that would call, not for graphic warnings, but for plain packaging and banning advertisements at points of sale … and hopefully they will compromise and agree to picture-based warnings. That's the way we will negotiate on the bargaining table," said Gunigundo.
Cigarette packs sold in the Philippines have been carrying text-based health warnings for over 20 years. (pi)