Regional Updates

• Thai court fines Philip Morris $39.7 million for tax evasion

  29 November 2019 AP BANGKOK (AP) — A court in Thailand on Friday found the local unit of tobacco giant Philip Morris guilty of evading taxes by under-declaring the value [...]

• There is no such thing as a less harmful e-cigarette, health experts say

  24 November 2019 Gemma Holliani Cahya For the past few years, cigarette companies have introduced a new form of nicotine consumption that they say is less harmful, smoke free and [...]

• Philippines: DOH is ‘1000%’ in support of vaping ban

  21 November 2019 Michelle Abad MANILA, Philippines – Department of Health Secretary Francisco Duque III told Rappler on Thursday, November 21, that the department is “1000%” in support of President [...]