According to NTA Ilocos Norte Officer-In-Charge Luzviminda U. Padayao, the two tobacco monitoring points are located in Nueva Era town for the Ilocos Norte-Abra boundary and in Badoc town for the Ilocos Norte-Ilocos Sur boundary.
NTA-Ilocos Norte branch employees join the police in manning the established tobacco monitoring point in Badoc town located near the border of Ilocos Norte and Ilocos Sur. (Photo courtesy from the NTA) “This initiative will help identify the accurate tobacco production data of every local government unit (LGU) in Ilocos Norte in which this is the basis for the distribution of an equitable share from the tobacco excise tax fund under Republic Acts 7171 and 8240," Padayao said.