Singapore is historically a strong authoritarian state, and this translates to strong political will and leadership in terms of tobacco control, which began in the 1970s, while alcohol control has mainly been focused on price measures, including taxes and tariffs (Supplementary Table S1), and recently on reducing accessibility, with licensing (Supplementary Table S3), no-liquor zones and sale restrictions, and increasing penalties for drunk driving [Figure 1 presents the laws and implementing agencies that govern tobacco control policies in the Philippines and Singapore [Supplementary Tables S2, S4) [Figure 2 shows the legislation and responsible agencies that implement the policies for alcohol control in the Philippines and Singapore [ FIGURE 1 FIGURE 2 Strengths in Tobacco Control Table 3 shows that both countries score relatively high on the tobacco control scorecard, but that Singapore (86.5) scored higher than the Philippines (76.5)
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