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Globally, smokers burn through some 6 trillion cigarettes each year, according to widely cited figures, and it is estimated that most of them somewhere between 500,000 and 1 million tons of cigarette filters are discarded into the environment annually

Thus, the government forfeited nearly P3 billion in excise revenues to the illicit trade: P197.19 million in 2019, P1.51 billion in 2020 and P1.03 billion in 2021

This steady momentum is expected to continue over the next decade

1 2 Menthol Cigarettes and Public Health: Review of the Scientific Evidence and Recommendations (PDF)

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