Give 50% of sin tax to the people–Casiño

Party-list Rep. Teodoro Casiño of Bayan Muna on Wednesday proposed that 50 percent of revenues collected from so-called sin taxes, as soon as the Congress passes the measure, be earmarked for the government’s educational and health services.

Casiño’s proposal came after the House Committee on Ways and Means deleted a provision that provides for an automatic P500,000 for tobacco and alcohol addiction prevention and the treatment of tobacco-related illnesses as well as a program to educate the youth on the unhealthy effects of smoking and drinking.