DIVISION ROLL

OUT OF
THE DEPED’S
POLICY AND
GUIDELINES ON
COMPREHENSIVE
TOBACCO CONTROL
JUNE 19, 2018
TRUE
or
FALSE
1.
The Department of Education’s
Policy and Guidelines on
Comprehensive Tobacco Control
incorporates provisions of President
Rodrigo Duterte’s Excutive Order
Providing for the Establishment of
Smoke –Free Environments in Public
TRUE
and or Places.
Enclosed
FALSE
2
.
While smoking is absolutely
prohibited in schools, it may be
allowed in designated smoking
areas (DSAs) in DepEd Offies, as
long as the design of the DSAs
complies with the requirements of
the President’s Executive Order.
TRUE or
FALSE
3.
Whether or not designsted smoking
areas are established outside the
school is no longer the concern of
the school principal.

TRUE or
FALSE
4
.
When DepEd and school activities
are held outside DepEd or school
premises, DepEd personnel who
smoke should ensure that they
smoke only in designated smoking
areas in the venue of the said
activities.
TRUE or
FALSE
5.
Visitors of schools and DepEd
offisers,being outsiders,are
exempted from the smoking
prohibitions in place in the school or
office premises.

TRUE or
FALSE
6
.
Pushing for legislation on tobacco
control is still part of the mandate of
DepEd offices and schools under DO
48, s. 2016.

TRUE or
FALSE
7.
School personnel who own sari-sari
stores may sell cigarettes if the
stores are already located outside
the 100-meter perimeter of the
school where the selling of
cigarettes is prohibited.
TRUE or
FALSE
8
.
Schools may receive donations from
any foundation as long as donations
are coursed through the Local
Government Unit.

TRUE or
FALSE
9.
Persons who are aware of tobacco
control policy violations but
unjustifiably refuse to report such
violations to proper authorities shall
also be subject to diciplinary action.

TRUE or
FALSE
10
.
If a transaction with the tobacco
industry is really necessary (i.e., for
enforcement of policies), it should
be done privately to avoid public
perception that the school or office
has a partnership with the industry.
TRUE or
FALSE
MULTIPL
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1.
At the school level, the ___________
shall serve as the focal group that
will prepare reports on compliance
on or violations of tobacco control
policies.
a. Parents and Teachers Association
b. Child Protection Committee
c. Local School Board
d. Health teachers
2
.
Which of the following is NOT
considered part of the tobacco
industry?
a. Employee of a tobacco company
b. Retailer of the tobacco company
c. NGO funded by a tobacco
company
d. Government agency regulating
tobacco companies
3.
Which of the following is the mandate
of the Department of Education under
Republic Act No. 10643 of 2014,
otherwise known as the Graphic
Health Warnings (GHW) Law?
3. i Use GHW templates to educate children,
among others, on the ill effects of Tobacco
ii Ensure that GHW templates are included in
relevant subjects under the K- 12
iii Use the proceeds of administrative fines
imposed for any violation of the GHW Law in
the Department’s health promotion
campaigns on tobacco control
iv Require schools to monitor stores that sell
cigarettes that do not carry GHW templates
a. i only c. i, ii and iii
b. b. i and ii only d. i, ii, iii, and
4
. ._________________ refers to the broad
array of tactics and strategies utilized
by the tobacco industry to influence or
interfere with the setting and
implementation of tobacco control
a. Tobacco sponsorship
policies?
b. Tobacco industry interference
c. Tobacco advertisement and
promotion
d. Tobacco control
5.

Which of the following strategies is a

requirement of DO 48, s. 2016 for
DepEd offices to ensure that a
potential stakeholder is not
connected with the tobacco
industry?
5. a.Check with External Partnerships Service whether
the potentialstakeholder is in its list of
recognized partners, donors, and stakeholders.

b. Require stakeholders to submit a letter addressed

to the concerned head of the office that
expressing that the stakeholder has no
connection with any tobacco company or NGO
funded by a tobacco company.

c. Include a provision in all Memoranda of

Agreement entered into with donors and partners
stating full commitment of all parties concerned
6
. According to DO 48, s. 2016, DepEd
shall promote awareness and the
implementation of comprehensive
tobacco control policies among
a. Students______________________.
and school personnel only
b. Students, school personnel, and parents
only
c. Students, school personnel, parents, and
visitors in school grounds only
d. Students, school personnel, parents,
visitors in school grounds, and retailers in
7. ________________ refers to the
treatment of tobacco dependence
which includes a range of
techniques which aim to encourage
and help tobacco users to stop using
tobacco and to avoid subsequent
a. Cessation interventions
relapse.
b. Access restriction
c.Tobacco control
d. Smoke-free initiatives
8
.

Which of the following is expected of

schools as far as DO 48 , s. 2016 is
concerned?
8
. icessation
Develop and implement a referral system for
interventions, including counseling and
treatment, for students and personnel interested in
or in need of such services
ii Provide training to counselors and guidance
teachers for brief cessation intervations for children,
adolescents, and adults, in coordination with the DOH
iii Make effective cessation intervation services
available and accessible to all students, teachers,
and non-teaching personnel in need of such services
iv Set up smoking cessation clinics

a. i only c.i, ii, and iii

only
9. According to DO 48, s. 2016, which of the
following is the primary purpose as to
why schools shall prepare compliance or
violation reports of tobacco control
policies on collaboration with local
goverment units and partners?
a. To gather data as basis for
identifying localized policy
implementation strategies
b. To asses policy implementation
c. To ensure that action is taken on
violations
10
. According to DO 48, s. 2016, funding for
the effective and sustainable
implementation of the Policy and
Guidelines on Comprehensive Tobacco
Control Program may be sourced from
a. Funding the
support from Parents-Teachers
_________________.
Association
b. Revenue from school canteen
operations
c. Special education fund
d. Budget for school maintenance and
other operating expenses (MOOE)