Baguio City wins Bloomberg award for tobacco control
Baguio City received the Bloomberg Philanthropies Award for Global Tobacco Control in 2025 during the World Conference on Tobacco Control in Dublin, Ireland.
Mayor Benjamin Magalong accepted the award on Monday, June 23, recognizing Baguio's efforts under the 'Monitoring tobacco use' category of the WHO’s MPOWER strategy.
Baguio's initiatives include local surveys such as the Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS) and Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS), with the most recent conducted in 2023.
Other awardees this year are Ukraine, India, Mauritius, Mexico, and Montenegro for their tobacco control measures despite challenges like conflict and industry interference.
Baguio's recognition highlights collaborations with medical schools and a public-private monitoring model tracking tobacco use.
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus praised the awardees for implementing effective policies under complex circumstances.
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