No-smoking stickers for city’s buses, public minivans
Don’t smoke aboard: A police officer shows a sticker banning smoking on board public transportation to a bus driver. A coalition of anti-smoking groups and the city transportation authorities put no-smoking stickers on 1,300 buses and…
Timor-Leste: Asia’s newest country in Marlboro’s sights as company targets growth markets
Author: Mary Assunta Photo of Marlboro Black Menthol Billboard in Timor-Leste, 2013 by George Darroch At its annual shareholder meeting in New York on 8 May, Philip Morris International (PMI) celebrated yet another successful year…
Philippines Lags Behind in Health Promotion
BY BUENA BERNAL MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines is lagging behind its Asian neighbors in enabling its citizens to increase control over their health, global health expert Dr Prakit Vathesatogkit said on Friday, May 3. “In…
Anti-smoking law faces hurdles
A child can still buy a pack of cigarettes on the street in Vietnam even though a law on preventing the damaging effects of cigarettes took effect as of this month. TUOI TRE Teenagers smoke…
Vietnam Tobacco Control Law implementation meeting
Hanoi, Vietnam/23 April 2013: A national conference was held recently to discuss the implementation of the Vietnam Tobacco Control law, which takes effect on 01 May 2013. The conference welcomed 350 participants from different sectors:…
Regional Updates
Thailand gazettement of pictorial health warnings
The world largest pictorial health warning size, 85% will be implemented in October 2013 in Thailand after the recent gazettement of pictorial health warnings Notification…
No-smoking Tale Series, new TC campaign for young people in Thailand
On 2 April, ThaiHealth promoted a new campaign on No-Smoking Tale to raise awareness of children…
No-Smoking Song from Vietnam
Mr. Trinh Thang Binh, a pop singer from Vietnam composed…
ProLEAD E: Establishing Health Promotion Foundations
ProLEAD Module 2 workshop for Lao PDR and Viet Nam, 6…
International Updates
WHO Director-General addresses the Sixty-sixth World Health Assembly
Dr Margaret Chan Director-General of the World Health Organization Address to the Sixty-sixth World Health Assembly Geneva, Switzerland 20 May 2013 Mister…
Fiji finalizes graphic warnings, 30% of front, 90% of back
As of July 1, 2013, Fiji will require picture health…
Big Tobacco losing ground on plain packs but homing in on world’s poor
By Simon Chapman Professor of Public Health Plain packing has…
Dr Margaret Chan: Global governance of tobacco in the 21st century
Speech on “The need to strengthen global governance of tobacco…