Regional Updates

• Lao PDR moves forward with smoke-free advocacy

  February 2020: Lao PDR is moving forward with its smoke-free advocacy by meeting with the Departments of Health, Education and Sports, Security, Culture and Information, Tourism and Transport of Xiangkhouang [...]

• Indonesia: Philip Morris fined B130m for tax-dodging

  20 March 2020 Bangkok Post Philip Morris (Thailand) Limited (PMTL) says it will appeal a Criminal Court ruling that it wrongly declared the price of cigarettes imported from Indonesia between [...]

• Myanmar: Bagan increases smoke-free areas to 91

  10 March 2020 Kyaw Ko Ko The number of smoke-free areas has increased to 91 in the Bagan cultural zone, according to the Archaeology and National Museum in Bagan. U [...]