Regional Updates

• Hanoi to fine smokers at 30 public landmarks

  4 October 2019 Phan Anh People found smoking at 30 Hanoi landmarks will be fined on the spot starting this month, a city official said. The landmarks include the Ngoc [...]

• Malaysia: Batu Ferringhi to be declared Penang’s first no-smoking tourism zone

  28 September 2019 Ian McIntyre GEORGE TOWN: Batu Ferringhi, which spans 7km, will be gazetted as Penang’s first no-smoking tourism zone by next month. State health committee chairman Dr Afif Bahardin [...]

• Myanmar: Eight more Bagan sites declared smoke-free

  25 September 2019 Kyaw Ko Ko Bagan  authorities have prohibited smoking in eight more areas of the ancient capital, bringing to 56 the number of smoke-free zones at the UNESCO [...]