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Ban Smoking in Public Schools

The Department of Education (DepEd) asserts, schools are no smoking zones and anyone caught violating the order would be suspended.

And the ban holds true, even to teachers and non-teaching staff.

DepEd official and spokesperson Jonathan Malaya said anyone caught violating the no smoking rule will be brought to the principal's office, or if a teacher or non-teaching staff is caught, he will be prosecuted and suspended.

"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," Secretary Mona Valisno said in reports.

Over the announcement, DepEd has accordingly instructed all principals and school heads to ban smoking inside the campus, even in open or covered spaces around school buildings and instructed regional and division officials to oversee the implementation of the order.

Secretary Valisno said the DepEd order No. 73 or the "Smoking Ban in Public Schools" released June 4, ordered public schools to ban smoking in public schools effective immediately.

She also stressed that DepEd would be strict in implementing the smoking ban in all school premises "to protect our school children from inhaling second hand smoke."

Since 2003, DepEd has declared school premises as "Zones of Health" and "No Smoking Areas."

DepEd Order No. 33 prohibited smoking and sale of cigarettes and other tobacco products inside public and private campuses, buildings, offices, including the premises and buildings of the division, regional and national offices.

Some time ago, the agency also ordered through DECS Order No. 63, s. 1998 and DECS Order No. 2, s. 1991 a prohibition on smoking in all offices under the Education Department.

According to health experts, carbon monoxide absorbed in the blood can affect one's health including the disrupting brain processes. 

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