Regional Updates

19 September 2021 Dr Mohammad Fadzley, Muhammad Sha’ani Abdullah and Dr Khor Swee Kheng Source: The Star Malaysia Stronger laws to control the sale and use of tobacco and vaping products are needed to phase out smoking and vaping. A 2016 Health Ministry study showed that at least 600,000 children between 11- to 18-years-old in Malaysia …

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16 September 2021 Klaire Ting. Source: Vera files The Department of Health (DOH), Department of Education (DepEd) and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) joined medical practitioners and youth leaders on Wednesday in asking Congress to reject the bill that seeks to lower the age of persons who can buy, use or sell vapes and electronic …

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1 September 2021 Reiven Pascasio. Source: VERA files Electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) smoking or vaping could open the way for the youth and non-smokers to use alcohol and illegal drugs, warned health experts who described these novel products as anti-health. They called for the scrapping of a Senate bill aimed at regulating sales and consumption of …

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30 August 2021 Source: Emancipate Indonesia Today, Emancipate Indonesia and Lentera Anak Foundation disseminated the study results on how the tobacco industry reaps benefits from upstream to downstream through child labour and child smoker. Upstream, the tobacco industry reaps benefit from tobacco leaves that are grown, harvested, dried, and processed by the small hands of …

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24 August 2021 Dang Samson Garcia. Source: The Post DIFFERENT youth and student organizations on Monday urged the Senate to junk a measure that relaxes regulations on the sale, manufacture and marketing of vapes and e-cigarettes in the country. Senate Bill 2239 or the Non-Combustible Delivery Systems Act, commonly-referred to as Vape Bill, is pending …

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16 August 2021 Jhon Aldrin Casinas Source: Manila Bulletin Members of medical professional associations and public health experts have called on Monday, Aug. 16 for stronger tobacco control measures as part of the country’s response against the ongoing pandemic. Dr. Glynna Ong-Cabrera of the Philippine College of Chest Physicians (PCCP) said that smokers are more …

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6 August 2021 Elisabeth Kramer, Abdillah Ahsan, Vaughan W Rees Source: BMJ Journals Abstract Introduction Indonesia has a high smoking prevalence that has not diminished significantly since 1990. Considering this, we aim to summarise the existing national tobacco-related policy mix and explore markers of policy incoherence in tobacco control between 2014 and 2020. Methods We conducted (1) …

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10 August 2021 Dr. Ulysses Dorotheo Source: Asia Democracy Chronicles Despite more than half a century’s worth of evidence detailing tobacco’s deadly health consequences, the tobacco industry still lures millions of people worldwide and remains deeply entrenched in society, thanks to a strong political lobby and well-funded marketing to interfere with public health campaigns. ifty-seven …

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29 July 2021 Source: The Phnom Penh Post The Covid-19 outbreak has put families, the economy and the country under tremendous pressure. Protecting public health to save lives is more important and urgent than ever. Smoking is a known risk factor for more severe Covid-19 symptoms – quitting smoking now is timely and will contribute …

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