By INA HERNANDO-MALIPOT
Manila Bulletin
Starting this coming school year, nobody is allowed to smoke cigarettes or tobacco products inside the school premises.
The announcement was made after the Department of Education (DepEd) instructed all principals and school heads to prohibit smoking inside the campus including open or covered spaces around school buildings.
Education Secretary Mona Valisno said the DepEd order No. 73 or “Smoking Ban in Public Schools†which was released in June 4, ordered public schools to ban smoking in public schools effective immediately.
“There have been existing DepEd orders on smoking ban but with this, we want to affirm that the schools – including the students, teachers, and non-teaching staff – are covered,†she said.
Valisno ensured that the DepEd will be strict in implementing the smoking ban in all school premises “to protect our school children from inhaling second hand smoke.â€
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