SINGAPORE, Jan 26 — Little can douse the lure of a cigarette, it would seem.Despite smokers here now having far fewer public places to light up and paying one of the world’s highest prices for their habit, sales of cigarettes still hit a four-year high last year. Each day last year, 6.7 million were lit …
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PRESS Secretary Cerge Remonde had long been advised by his doctor to stop smoking because of his heart problem. Josephine Cabardo, Remonde’s cousin who served as his secretary when he was station manager of dyLA, said they all knew that Remonde had a heart problem. Remonde was appointed dyLA station manager in the late 1980s …
Anti-smoking advocates decry absence of graphic-images requirement Photo by: Sovan Philong Phun An, 65, smokes a cigarette next to her grandson last year in Phnom Penh. Activists say new text warnings on cigarette packets are less effective than graphic images. THE Health Ministry on Wednesday unveiled mandatory text-only cigarette warnings that all manufacturers and importers …
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The text-only warnings fall short of complying with recommendations outlined in the World Health Organisation’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), to which Cambodia became a signatory in November 2005. Article 11 of the convention states that health warnings should cover at least 30 percent of all cigarette packages and advises the use of pictures …
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American tobacco giant Philip Morris’ legal troubles in the Kingdom appear to have deepened, with a Commerce Ministry probe having determined that the firm likely breached the Foreign Business Act (FBA), a senior ministry source said. The Department of Special investigation earlier accused the firm of understating the prices of its imported cigarettes in order …
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The SEATCA-Southeast Asia Initiative on Tobacco Tax (SITT), formally signed a Memorandum of Understanding with its major partner in Cambodia, the WHO, last 14 January 2010 at the WHO Offices in Phnom Penh. In photo is SEATCA Director, Ms. Bungon Ritthiphakdee and WHO-Cambodia Representative Dr. Pieter JM van Maaren. The SITT is a major five-year initiative on tobacco tax in …
Men are six times more likely to smoke than women. -AsiaOne Since the 1970s, Singapore’s smoking prevalence has reduced from above 25% to below 14%. This means that about 360,000 Singaporeans smoke, with men being six times more likely to smoke than women. Even though Singapore’s smoking prevalence is among the lowest in the world, …