Skip to main content

Cigarette Ad Ban starts tomorrow , July 1

What a great way to start July . At last after a long wait , gone will these teasing cigarette ads on any form ( television, radio and print ) by virtue of Tobacco Regulation Act of 2003 or Republic Act No. 9211.

Up to now I still wonder why people love to smoke . I have been there actually , smoking at least a dozen of stick just to get through overnight reviews and cramming back in college . Honestly , aside from the joy maybe of puffing these what I some times call as "Cancer Sticks" , they just leave you with stinky breath and smell. Its for this reason that I got turned off to women who dress so smartly (maybe) but holding or puffing cigars like they are even proud of it . The same goes for those careless smokers who smokes on public transports without thinking the danger of second hand smokes.

This is definitely a good start to clean the air we breathe . Definitely , these sometimes feel-good commercials lead consumers to think that having , buying and using them is a way to go. I just hope this will not be only good at the start like any "ningas kugon" laws that came before it.
Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Getting Started with Stateless : A Lightweight Workflow Library Alternative for .NET

Image Credit: https://www.pioneerrx.com A year ago, I was looking for a simple workflow manager for a project I was working. Its a medium sized application that involves tracking the state of assets in the system. Back in 2008, Microsoft (MS) introduced new technologies along with the release of Visual Studio 2008: Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), Windows Communication Foundation (WCF), and  Windows Workflow Foundation (WF). Having worked in a company utilizing mostly MS products for development, my first option was to go with WF. After doing some time reading and studying the library, I paused and decided it was too complex for my requirement. Using WF would be an overkill and the fact that it has, a rather, steep learning curve, there has to be another option. My mind toyed with the idea of developing a simple workflow library myself. It would be a learning experience but it might end up consuming a lot of time. Why reinvent the wheel? So I started querying the ...
Post a Comment
Read more

Hiding Unwanted Python Folders and Files in Visual Studio Code

Visual Studio Code is a universal editor and pretty good at it. However, the explorer view maybe cluttered with the automatically generated folders and files confusing developers. Python is no different. Below are example files and folders generated by Python. The __pycache__ folder and *.pyc files  are totally unnecessary to the developer. To hide these files from the explorer view, we need to edit the settings.json for VSCode. Add the folder and the files as shown below: Copy and paste the lines below : "**/*.pyc" : { "when" : "$(basename).py" }, "**/__pycache__" : true
Post a Comment
Read more

Cyber-bullying : The "good", the bad and the ugly

Image courtesy of http://www.digitalesq.com/ Cyber-bullying is defined as  the willful and repeated use of cell phones, computers, and other electronic communication devices to harass and threaten others. With the advent of social media, the incidents has increased in numbers and the victims does not even know what is hitting them. For the past years, we have heard of  depressions and deaths because of this. Yet, there has never been a strong drive to increase public awareness and promote support groups to help victims outside of the schools.  Campaigns and programs has never gained mainstream presence enough to make an impact.
Post a Comment
Read more