THE Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) reported on Wednesday that a total of 86 cities in the country have passed smoke-free ordinances.

"We saw an active adoption by Local Government Units of smoke-free policies on the protection of the public from exposure to tobacco smoke, establishing Designated Smoking Areas (DSAs), and creating Smoke-free Task Force, among others,” DILG Undersecretary Jonathan Malaya said in a press statement on Wednesday.

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