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DSWD to stores: Selling cigarettes to minors can lead to penalties, imprisonment

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MANILA - Establishments that sell cigarettes to minors could be meted penalties and face jail time, the acting chief of the Department of Social Welfare and Development said Wednesday.A video of three children, aged between 6 and 9, smoking circulated on social media recently, and Acting Secretary Virginia Orogo said the DSWD is studying the possible filing of charges against the store where the children could have purchased the cigarettes.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/07/02/18/viral-3-batang-nagyoyosi-sa-maynila">VIRAL: 3 batang nagyoyosi sa Maynila</a></li></ul>Under the Tobacco Regulation Act, any person or any business entity or establishment selling to, distributing or purchasing a cigarette or any other tobacco products for a minor shall be fined the amount of not less than P5,000 or an imprisonment of not more than 30 days.

Establishments that sell cigarettes to minors could be meted penalties and face jail time, the acting chief of the Department of Social Welfare and Development said Wednesday.

Establishments that sell cigarettes to minors could be meted penalties and face jail time, the acting chief of the Department of Social Welfare and Development said Wednesday.