1. TOBACCO CONTROL PROGRAM INTERVENTION
Instituting Implementation Mechanisms to Enforce Smoking Ban, Tobacco Advertising Ban,
and Protection Against Tobacco Industry Interference in Key School Districts
TOBACCO CONTROL
PROGRAM INTERVENTION

2. Scope of the Policy All DepEd officials
All private elementary and secondary schools and respective school heads and management (except where provisions are applicable only to public officials)
All pupils and students
Visitors and other persons who are within the premises of elementary and secondary schools and the DepEd offices
DepEd and school activities held outside DepEd or school premises
! EMPHASIZE PRE-TEST ITEM: Including visitors
Instituting Implementation Mechanisms to Enforce Smoking Ban, Tobacco Advertising Ban, and Protection Against Tobacco Industry Interference in Key School Districts

3. Activity: POLICY TREE
In your respective group, ask each other to share among yourselves all your current efforts (programs, projects, activities) related to tobacco control. Write down these efforts on the leaf-shaped meta-cards. Write only one unique effort per meta-card.
Classify the tobacco control efforts you’ve written on meta-cards according to which strategy they belong to, and post them on the appropriate branches.
To easily remember: Tatlong uri ng BAN
Instituting Implementation Mechanisms to Enforce Smoking Ban, Tobacco Advertising Ban, and Protection Against Tobacco Industry Interference in Key School Districts

4. TOBACCO CONTROL PROGRAM INTERVENTIONS
Instituting Implementation Mechanisms to Enforce Smoking Ban, Tobacco Advertising Ban, and Protection Against Tobacco Industry Interference in Key School Districts

5. Strategies Information, education, and communication (IEC)
Cessation interventions
Collaborations, partnerships, and linkages
Capacity building of school officials, personnel and students
Monitoring and reporting
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6. Strategy 1: IEC Information, Education, and Communication
Awareness-raising activities involving students
Education program integrated in the curriculum (Graphic Health Warning-- GHW templates)
Campaign activities
Promoting DOH’s activities
Inclusion of the DOH-CSC Joint Memorandum Circular-- JMC No in the meeting agenda
Putting up of “smoke-free zone” signs
Instituting Implementation Mechanisms to Enforce Smoking Ban, Tobacco Advertising Ban, and Protection Against Tobacco Industry Interference in Key School Districts

7. Strategy 1: IEC Information, Education, and Communication
Awareness-raising activities involving students
Education program integrated in the curriculum (Graphic Health Warning-- GHW templates)
Campaign activities
Promoting DOH’s activities
Inclusion of the DOH-CSC Joint Memorandum Circular-- JMC No in the meeting agenda
Putting up of “smoke-free zone” signs
! EMPHASIZE PRE-TEST ITEM: DepEd-related provisions of the GHW Law: (1) Use GHW templates to educate children; (2) Ensure GHW templates are included in K-12; and (3) Use proceeds of fines in campaigns. Monitoring of cigarette packs is not included.
Instituting Implementation Mechanisms to Enforce Smoking Ban, Tobacco Advertising Ban, and Protection Against Tobacco Industry Interference in Key School Districts

8. Instituting Implementation Mechanisms to Enforce Smoking Ban, Tobacco Advertising Ban, and Protection Against Tobacco Industry Interference in Key School Districts

9. Strategy 1: IEC Information, Education, and Communication
Awareness-raising activities involving students
Education program integrated in the curriculum (Graphic Health Warning-- GHW templates)
Campaign activities
Promoting DOH’s activities
Inclusion of the DOH-CSC Joint Memorandum Circular-- JMC No in the meeting agenda
Putting up of “smoke-free zone” signs
Instituting Implementation Mechanisms to Enforce Smoking Ban, Tobacco Advertising Ban, and Protection Against Tobacco Industry Interference in Key School Districts

10. Strategy 1: IEC Information, Education, and Communication
Awareness-raising activities involving students
Education program integrated in the curriculum (Graphic Health Warning-- GHW templates)
Campaign activities
Promoting DOH’s activities (e.g., Red Orchid Awards)
Inclusion of the DOH-CSC Joint Memorandum Circular-- JMC No in the meeting agenda
Putting up of “smoke-free zone” signs
Instituting Implementation Mechanisms to Enforce Smoking Ban, Tobacco Advertising Ban, and Protection Against Tobacco Industry Interference in Key School Districts

11. Strategy 1: IEC Information, Education, and Communication
Awareness-raising activities involving students
Education program integrated in the curriculum (Graphic Health Warning-- GHW templates)
Campaign activities
Promoting DOH’s activities (e.g., Red Orchid Awards)
Inclusion of the DOH-CSC Joint Memorandum Circular-- JMC No in the meeting agenda
Putting up of “smoke-free zone” signs
Instituting Implementation Mechanisms to Enforce Smoking Ban, Tobacco Advertising Ban, and Protection Against Tobacco Industry Interference in Key School Districts

12. Instituting Implementation Mechanisms to Enforce Smoking Ban, Tobacco Advertising Ban, and Protection Against Tobacco Industry Interference in Key School Districts

13. Strategy 1: IEC Information, Education, and Communication
Awareness-raising activities involving students
Education program integrated in the curriculum (Graphic Health Warning-- GHW templates)
Campaign activities
Promoting DOH’s activities
Inclusion of the DOH-CSC Joint Memorandum Circular-- JMC No in the meeting agenda
Putting up of “smoke-free zone” signs
Instituting Implementation Mechanisms to Enforce Smoking Ban, Tobacco Advertising Ban, and Protection Against Tobacco Industry Interference in Key School Districts

14. Strategy 1: IEC IEC Topics Harms of tobacco smoke
Harms of secondhand smoke
Absolute smoking ban
Access restrictions
Outdoor advertising ban
Sponsorship bans
Ban on promotional items for minors
Sampling restrictions
Protection against tobacco industry interference measures
Healthy lifestyles
Tobacco industry tactics (to glamorize smoking, and downplay and deny the addictive, harmful nature of tobacco products)
D.O. no. 48, s. 2016
DOH’s activities
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15. Strategy 1: IEC IEC Audiences Students School personnel Parents
Visitors in school grounds
Retailers in the 100-meter perimeter
Other stakeholders
! EMPHASIZE PRE-TEST ITEM: The target audience for our efforts shall extend to parents, visitors, and even retailers within the 100-meter perimeter of the school
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16. Strategy 2: Cessation Cessation Interventions
Cessation Interventions refers to the treatment of tobacco dependence which includes a range of techniques such as motivation, advise and guidance, counseling, telephone and internet support, and appropriate pharmaceutical aids all of which aim to encourage and help tobacco users to stop using tobacco and to avoid subsequent relapse.
! EMPHASIZE PRE-TEST ITEM: The definition of cessation
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17. Strategy 2: Cessation Cessation Interventions
Make cessation intervention services, particularly brief interventions, available and accessible to students and personnel in need of such services
The Department and all schools shall provide training to all counselors and guidance teachers for brief cessation interventions
The Child Protection Committee shall develop a school-based referral system for cessation interventions for children, adolescents, and adults
! EMPHASIZE PRE-TEST ITEM: We are not necessarily required to set-up cessation clinics. But we are free to do so!
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18. Strategy 3: Partnerships
Collaborations, Partnerships, and Linkages Close coordination with other agencies, organizations, LGUs, and other institutions for:
Enforcing tobacco control policies, including identifying individuals, organizations, and institutions that are using tobacco industry funds or representing the interests of the industry
Pushing for legislation on tobacco control through advocacy campaigns through media and other venues
Monitoring and reporting violations and ensuring that appropriate actions are taken on violations
Capacity-building
Cessation services
! EMPHASIZE PRE-TEST ITEM: Pushing for legislation when necessary is among the mandates of the Department.
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19. Strategy 3: Partnerships (cont’d)
Collaborations, Partnerships, and Linkages Inclusion of a provision in all Memoranda of Agreement (MOA) entered into with donors and partners stating full commitment of all parties concerned to tobacco control implementation and stipulating that said donor or partner does not represent the interests of or receive funding from the tobacco industry
! EMPHASIZE PRE-TEST ITEM: The policy does not say: Check the list with EPS, nor Request a letter, nor refer to the TI I Index. The Policy requires MOA.
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20. Instituting Implementation Mechanisms to Enforce Smoking Ban, Tobacco Advertising Ban, and Protection Against Tobacco Industry Interference in Key School Districts

21. Strategy 4: Capacity Building
Capacity Building of School Officials, Personnel and Students
Capacity building to raise awareness of stakeholders on:
-the harms of smoking and exposure to tobacco smoke
-tobacco control policies
-the tobacco industry’s activities which serve to undermine tobacco control efforts
Training of counselors and guidance teachers for brief cessation interventions for children, adolescents, and adults
ROs and SDOs shall conduct training and capacity development for program implementers
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22. Strategy 5: Monitoring/ Reporting
Monitoring and reporting of violations Section V.F All schools, through the Child Protection Committee (CPC), shall monitor compliance with and report violations of tobacco control policies [The seven “bans” contained in the D.O. and other local ordinances]
Program Reporting (Monitoring of compliance to the Department Order and submission of progress reports) Section V.G.5.c All schools shall: Ensure implementation of this order and the local tobacco control ordinances Section V.G.5.g All schools* shall: Submit progress reports as needed and an annual report no later than the first week of December each year to the Division Office*
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23. Progress (Compliance)
Violations
Section V.G.5.g All schools shall: Submit progress reports as needed and an annual report no later than the first week of December each year to the Division Office
Section V.G.4.h DepEd Schools Division Offices (SDOs) shall: Submit progress reports as needed and an annual report consolidating yearly reports from schools within its jurisdiction no later than the first week of December of each year to the RO
Section V.G.3.j DepEd Regional Offices (ROs) shall: Submit an annual report consolidating the yearly reports from DOs within its jurisdiction, no later than the first week of December each year to the CO-BLSS
Section V.G.4.g DepEd Schools Division Offices (SDOs) shall: Consolidate reports on incidents and cases in all schools and submit a Schools Division Report to the Regional Director and facilitate the referral of violation reports to the appropriate offices
Section V.G.3.g DepEd Regional Offices (ROs) shall: Consolidate reports on incidents and cases of violations in the Region and submit a Regional Report to the BLSS, furnishing a copy to the Undersecretary for Legal and Legislative Affairs
Section V.G.1.c The DepEd Central Office shall: Formulate a system of standard reporting, prescribe standards and procedures for monitoring and evaluation, and maintain the central repository of regional reports on violations of tobacco control measures in schools and DepEd DOs/ROs
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24. Program Reporting
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25. What violations shall be reported?
Absolute smoking ban
Access restrictions
Outdoor advertising ban
Sponsorship ban
Ban on promotional items for minors
Sampling restrictions or the prohibition on the distribution of samples of tobacco products to minors
Tobacco industry interference
Other local tobacco control ordinances
Instituting Implementation Mechanisms to Enforce Smoking Ban, Tobacco Advertising Ban, and Protection Against Tobacco Industry Interference in Key School Districts

26. Why shall reporting be done?
Section V.F To achieve this, the CPC shall serve as the focal group that will prepare compliance or violation reports and collaborate with local government units (LGUs) and partners to ensure that action is taken on violations.
Instituting Implementation Mechanisms to Enforce Smoking Ban, Tobacco Advertising Ban, and Protection Against Tobacco Industry Interference in Key School Districts

27. To whom shall we report?
Section V.E.1.a The CPC shall: Identify, refer, and report to the appropriate offices cases of non-compliance with tobacco control policies
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28. How shall reporting be done?
Section V.C.1 The Department shall coordinate closely with other agencies, organizations, local government units (LGUs), and other institutions for: Enforcing the ban on tobacco advertising, promotion, and sponsorship (TAPS) and access restrictions within the 100-meter perimeter of schools, particularly for monitoring and reporting of violations
Section V.E.1.b The CPC shall: Coordinate closely with the DOH, LGUs, NGOs and other partners as appropriate to report violations and ensure compliance on the absolute smoking ban, access restrictions, ban on sponsorships, including so-called CSR of tobacco companies, ban on promotional items for minors, outdoor advertising restrictions, sampling restrictions, and other pertinent tobacco control policies and ordinances
Instituting Implementation Mechanisms to Enforce Smoking Ban, Tobacco Advertising Ban, and Protection Against Tobacco Industry Interference in Key School Districts

29. How shall violations be addressed?
Section V.I Prohibitions. To address cases related to the [prohibited acts in the Department Order], concerned school and DepEd authorities shall follow the Civil Service Commission’s Guide for Resolving/Filing Cases of Tobacco Industry Interference in the Bureaucracy
Section V.J Violations. DepEd Order No. 49, s.2006, or the Revised Rules of Procedure in Administrative Cases, shall apply to all cases involving violations of tobacco control policies in this Order, where the offense was committed by DepEd personnel, without prejudice to the filing of criminal and civil actions under existing laws, rules, and regulations.
Instituting Implementation Mechanisms to Enforce Smoking Ban, Tobacco Advertising Ban, and Protection Against Tobacco Industry Interference in Key School Districts

30. What’s the flow of reporting?
Section V.G.4.g DepEd Schools Division Offices (SDOs) shall: Consolidate reports on incidents and cases in all schools and submit a Schools Division Report to the Regional Director and facilitate the referral of violation reports to the appropriate offices
Section V.G.3.g DepEd Regional Offices (ROs) shall: Consolidate reports on incidents and cases of violations in the Region and submit a Regional Report to the BLSS, furnishing a copy to the Undersecretary for Legal and Legislative Affairs
Section V.G.1.c The DepEd Central Office shall: Formulate a system of standard reporting, prescribe standards and procedures for monitoring and evaluation, and maintain the central repository of regional reports on violations of tobacco control measures in schools and DepEd DOs/ROs
Instituting Implementation Mechanisms to Enforce Smoking Ban, Tobacco Advertising Ban, and Protection Against Tobacco Industry Interference in Key School Districts

31. What standard shall we follow?
Section V.G.1.c The DepEd Central Office shall: Formulate a system of standard reporting, prescribe standards and procedures for monitoring and evaluation, and maintain the central repository of regional reports on violations of tobacco control measures in schools and DepEd DOs/ROs
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32. Reporting of Violations
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33. Reporting of Violations
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34. Reporting of Violations
All schools, through the Child Protection Committee (CPC), shall monitor compliance with and report violations of tobacco control policies
The CPC shall prepare compliance or violation reports and collaborate with local government units (LGUs) and partners to ensure that action is taken on violations
! EMPHASIZE PRE-TEST ITEM: We report violations to ensure that action is taken. NOT JUST for: Data gathering for policy strategy conceptualization; policy implementation assessment; future policy recommendations.
Instituting Implementation Mechanisms to Enforce Smoking Ban, Tobacco Advertising Ban, and Protection Against Tobacco Industry Interference in Key School Districts

35. Handling Violations
DepEd Order No. 49, s.2006, or the Revised Rules of Procedure in Administrative Cases, shall apply to all cases involving violations of tobacco control policies in this Order, where the offense was committed by DepEd personnel, without prejudice to the filing of criminal and civil actions under existing laws, rules, and regulations.
To address cases related to the [prohibited acts in the Department Order], concerned school and DepEd authorities shall follow the Civil Service Commission’s Guide for Resolving/Filing Cases of Tobacco Industry Interference in the Bureaucracy
Cite example of a prejudice: Teacher who smokes in a hotel room
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36. Program Reporting
Progress reports as needed and an annual report no later than the first week of December each year
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37. Funding
Central, Regional, and Division Offices: Funds allocated by the Central Office
Schools: Incorporated in the Work and Financial Plan (WFP) and Annual Implementation Plan (AIP), with funding sourced from the budget for school maintenance and other operating expenses (MOOE)
The DepEd Central Office shall allocate funds and prepare logistical plans for this Program
All schools shall conduct self-assessment of the degree of implementation of this policy in the school and incorporate it into the Work and Financial Plan (WFP) and Annual Implementation Plan (AIP) efforts to improve implementation of comprehensive tobacco control in school
Funding for the effective and sustainable implementation of this program may be sourced from the budget for school maintenance and other operating expenses (MOOE), subject to the usual accounting and auditing policies, procedures, and standards
! EMPHASIZE PRE-TEST ITEM: While no one is limiting anyone to secure funding from other sources, it is the MOOE that the policy specified.
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38. Overall In-charge
Central Office Focal person: National Program Coordinator Overall in-charge: Bureau of Learner Support Services
Regional Office Focal person: Regional Director Overall in-charge: Education Support Services Division
Division Office Focal person: Schools Division Superintendent Overall in-charge: School Governance and Operations Division
School: Child Protection Committee
! EMPHASIZE PRE-TEST ITEM: At the school level, it’s the CPC. Therefore, it is not solely the work of the Principal, but in cooperation with other members of the CPC, such as the Barangay Representative.
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