The document discusses the different types of smoke produced by cigarette smoking and their effects. It identifies three types of smoke: mainstream smoke that is inhaled by smokers, sidestream smoke emitted from the burning end of cigarettes, and thirdhand smoke that remains on surfaces long after smoking. The document also outlines some key Philippine laws regarding cigarette smoking, including the Tobacco Regulation Act of 2003 which governs tobacco production and use and establishes smoking bans in public places and minimum age restrictions for tobacco sales. The Clean Air Act of 1999 is also mentioned as it relates to regulating smoke emissions.

1. Do you think the
person who
actually smokes
cigarettes is the
only one in
danger?

2. How about his/
her family and
those people
around him/her?
Are they really
safe?

3. Every time a
cigarette is
lighted , smoke is
emitted…

4. Three smokes
produced by
cigarette smoking:
Mainstream
smoke
01
Side
stream
smoke
02
Thirdhand
smoke
03

5. MAINSTREAM
SMOKE
 It refers
specifically to the
smoke that a
smoker directly
inhales. (Firsthand
smoke)

6. SIDESTREAM SMOKE
The smoke that comes out of the lighted end
of a cigarette or pipe. (Second-hand smoke or
Environmental tobacco smoke)

7. THIRDHAND
SMOKE
Smoke left for a
long time on
sofa, beddings
pillow and other
objects.
(Residual tobacco
smoke)

10. “Policies and
Laws Regarding
Cigarette
Smoking”

11. Republic Act
No. 9211:
The Tobacco
Regulation Act
of 2003 is the
law governing
tobacco
production,
distribution, and
use.

12. R.A. No. 9211,
Section 5
Smoking
Ban in
Public
Places

13. R.A. No. 9211,
Section 9
Minimum
Age Sales

14. R.A. No. 9211,
Section 10
Sale of Tobacco
Products within
School Perimeters-
The sale or
distribution of
tobacco products is
prohibited within
within 100 hundred
(100 m) .

15. Republic Act No.
8749: Chapter 2,
Article 5 Section
24
Philippine
Clean Air
Act of 1999