Department of Health(DOH)

May 10, 2017 Dear Andrea Jobelle Adan, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated Apr 04, 2017 11:48:50 AM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. Your Request You asked for Demographics of users of tobacco products from 2010 to 2016 in NCR. Response to Request Your FOI request is approved. However, we cannot provide the data requested specific to NCR. Instead, the result of Social Weather Station (SWS) survey on Sin Tax on the behavior and attitude of Filipinos towards tobacco, alcohol and philhealth benefit utilization is hereby provided. Your right to request a review If you are unhappy with this response to your FOI request, you may ask us to carry out an internal review of the response by writing to Undersecretary Lilibeth C. David, Chair of Data Governance Oversight Commitee / DOH FOI Central Appeals and Review Committee, at [email protected].. Your review request should explain why you are dissatisfied with this response, and should be made within 15 calendar days from the date when you received this letter. We will complete the review and tell you the result within 30 calendar days from the date when we receive your review request. If you are not satisfied with the result of the review, you then have the right to appeal to the Office of the President under Administrative Order No. 22 (s. 2011). Thank you. Respectfully, Dr. Kenneth Ronquillo FOI Decision Maker