Regional Updates

28 August 2019 Vincent Cabreza BAGUIO CITY – Anti-smoking crusaders want to raise cigarette prices by 1,000 percent and capitalize on President Duterte’s campaign against cigarette smoking, an official of the World Health Organization said […]

29 August 2019 Air pollution in Jakarta not only occurs outdoors but also indoors, as tobacco smoking is still widespread within smoke-free area in shopping malls and markets in Jakarta. A recent survey conducted in […]

20 August 2019 Mara Cepeda The new sin tax bill is the first measure to have successfully hurdled the House in the 18th Congress MANILA, Philippines – Filipinos may soon have to pay more for […]

11 August 2019 Zaldy Comanda  BAGUIO CITY – Mayor Benjamin Magalong assured his full support to the city’s smoke-free campaign and to the enforcers implementing the smoke-free ordinance. Magalong heads the Smoke-Free Task Force which spearheads […]

10 August 2019 MANILA – Shortly after a new law imposing higher excise taxes on tobacco products has been enacted, the Department of Finance is calling for an increase in the tax on electronic cigarettes […]

2 August 2019 Olivia Miwil  KOTA KINABALU: The Sabah government has extended the grace period for a state-wide smoking ban at all eateries to Dec 31. State Health and People’s Wellbeing Minister Datuk Frankie Poon […]

29 July 2019 Chino S. Leyco The newly signed law imposing higher taxes on cigarettes and a new tax on e-cigarettes as well as other alternative devices for smoking will enable the government to properly […]

28 July 2019 Allison Jackson Electronic cigarettes are “undoubtedly harmful” and should be regulated, the WHO said Friday as it warned against the use of vaping products by smokers trying to quit their deadly habit. […]

26 August 2019 Dr. Ulysses Dorotheo I AM responding to the article, “Illegal cigarette trade ‘beyond crisis point’, says Japan Tobacco International Bhd (JTI) Malaysia” (NST, Aug 6). JTI claimed Malaysia was in an unenviable […]

21 August 2019 Mongkol Bangprara Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has vowed to retain Thailand’s ban on e-cigarettes, insisting the new government will not yield to lobbying from an interest group that has been working hard […]