The Swallowed Cigarette Butt and Other Legends of President Duterte<br />After the man swallowed his cigarette butt, Mr. Piñol wrote, the mayor told him, "Never, ever challenge the law." I called Mr. Piñol for details.<br />By RICHARD C. PADDOCKMARCH 22, 2017<br />The story went like this: A Filipino tourist was sitting in a restaurant in Davao City<br />and refused to put out his cigarette despite a strict city smoking ban.<br />Jocellyn Duterte, Mr. Duterte’s sister, said she believed that the cigarette butt and helicopter stories were just myths.<br />" Mr. Andanar said in an email. that Secretary Piñol said the story has become a stuff of legend,<br />The restaurant owner called the police and asked them to summon Mr. Duterte.<br />He said he had never asked Mr. Duterte for the restaurant’s name, which seemed odd.
