The Malaysian government may raise tobacco taxes by at least 11 per cent as it takes steps to discourage smoking and cut its budget deficit, according to Maybank Investment Bank Bhd. The excise duty on cigarettes may be increased by 2 sen to 20 sen (5.7 cents) a stick when the government unveils next year’s …
The National Commission for Child Protection said Thursday that politicians had to ban the advertising of cigarette in movies. “We demand that the House of Representatives insert an article in the bill on films banning cigarette promotions in movies,” said Muhammad Joni, the vice chairman of the Commission. The Commission said the bill must …
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3/09/2009 The Office of the Attorney-General will decide on Oct 2 whether to charge the local arm of US tobacco giant Philip Morris over claims it evaded billions of baht in import taxes on its cigarettes. The Department of Special Investigation yesterday gave the OAG the results of its investigation into allegations Philip Morris (Thailand) …
Below is a link to a story done by Australian Broadcasting Corporation on the tobacco industry (particularly PMI) and their deadly and aggressive tactics in Indonesia. Matt Myers from CTFK is interviewed, and the story goes into detail about the toll of tobacco in Indonesia – it is approximately a 26 minute story. Below is …
(Phnom Penh – August 31, 2009)A Government official last weekend said that the headway of sub-decree on health warnings, which will be signed by the Premier later this year after the second review, is a big step forward to the implementation of WHO’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) although without picture warnings. “It …
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BANGKOK – Thailand’s reputation as a Southeast Asian country with strong anti-smoking laws faces a direct challenge from the tobacco multinational companies that are due to gather in the Thai capital in November for a major industry congress and exhibition. The organizers of the cigarette promotion gathering, TABINFO Asia 2009, are not leaving …
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SUBIC BAY FREEPORT – Philip Morris International will increase the capacity of its Subic Bay tobacco storage facility by 4 times, making it the largest such warehouse in Southeast Asia. Initially envisioned to store 6,100 metric tons of tobacco products,the facility will soon be able to keep and preserve 24,000MTs of imported tobacco leaves, a company …
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Once again the policy debates in the Executive and Legislative departments of government about the taxation of the so-called “sin products” like tobacco and alcohol are heating up. The Department of Finance has been advocating a single tax for all these products with the objective of significantly raising revenues by as much as R20 billion. …
Smoke Free Vientiane Capital On August 28 2009, hundreds of people gathered at That Luang esplanade to join the official ceremony to announce Vientiane, the capital of Lao PDR, as a Smoke Free city. The ceremony began with opening speeches from the Vice provincial governor of Vientiane Capital as well as representatives of ADRA Laos, WHO …
Kuala Lumpur – If healthcare providers and non-governmental organisations have their way, all public places would be 100 percentsmoke-free.Malaysian Council for Tobacco Control chairperson K Koris Atan said the government should remove all current exemptions to achieve this.“Political will and economic issues come into play as well. This is why cooperation from other sectors is …
Smoke-free goal is no pipe-dream for lobby 8/19/2009 Read More »