Regional Updates

• Philippines: Increase tobacco tax now

  19 February 2019 Gundo Weiler The Inquirer: The country’s legislators face a unique opportunity to save lives and protect the health of millions of Filipinos as they consider the proposal [...]

• Philippines: Baguio smoke-free TF, execs destroy P150-K seized cigarettes

  18 February 2019 Pamela Mariz Geminiano Philippines News Agency: BAGUIO CITY–The Baguio smoke-free task force and city officials destroyed some PHP150,000 worth of cigarettes confiscated during operations from establishments to [...]

• Commentary: Shady tactics in influencer campaigns make social media the new frontier for stubbing out smoking

  12 February 2019 Lim Sun Sun Channel NewAsia: The use of global social media campaigns by multinational tobacco companies to glamourise smoking is what authorities ought to focus on next [...]