SEATCA

Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance

ASEAN Tobacco Control

Current Tobacco Control Laws in ASEAN

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is a geo-political and economic organization of 10 countries located in Southeast Asia: Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Timor Leste, Thailand, and Vietnam. (ASEAN official website) In 2002, through the 6th Health Ministers Meeting, ASEAN governments committed to a vision and a

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Philippines

Tobacco Control Laws Administrative Orders No. 2025-0004. Sixth (6th) Set of Graphic Health Warning Templates for Tobacco Products Pursuant to Republic Act No. 10643 (PDF 19mb) Administrative Orders No. 2025-0003.  Second (2nd) Set of Graphic Health Warning Templates for Vaporized Nicotine and Non-Nicotine Products and Novel Tobacco Products pursuant to Republic Act Nos. 11900 and

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Indonesia

Tobacco Control Laws Health Law (Law No. 28 of 2024) (Bahasa pdf 52.4mb) Health Law (Law No. 17 of 2023) (Bahasa pdf 2mb) Law No 7/2021 on Harmonization of Tax Regulations (pdf 12.1mb) Regulation of the Health Minister Number 152/ PMK.010/2019 on Second Amendment to the regulation of the Minister of Finance Number 146/PMK.010/2017 on

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Singapore

Tobacco Control Laws Control of Advertisement and Sale (Amendment) Act 2019 (pdf 154kb)  Control of Advertisement and Sale Act 2018 (pdf 212kb)  Control of Advertisements and Sale Act Chapter 309, Appearance, Packaging and Labelling Regulations 2019 (pdf 3.9mb)    Control of Advertisements and Sale Act Chapter 309, Prohibited Tobacco Products Regulations 2014 (pdf 79kb)  Advertisements

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Malaysia

Tobacco Control Laws Control of Smoking Products for Public Health Act 852, 2024 (pdf 373kb) Approved Laboratories Order 2024 (pdf 198kb) Control of Smoking Products for Public Health (Warning Sign of Prohibition of Smoking) Regulations 2024 (pdf 394kb) Control of Smoking Products for Public Health (Registration of Tobacco Product, Smoking Substance and Substitute Tobacco Product)

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Myanmar

Tobacco Control Laws Ministry of Health Notification No. 8 / 2025 The Prohibition Order on Goods Related to Electronic Smoking Device (18 February 2026) (English 4.6mb, Myanmar 300kb) Ministry of Health Notification No.347 / 2023 The Order Third Amending the Order relating to Standardized Packaging of, and Printing Graphic for Health Warning Images and Texts

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Vietnam

Tobacco Control Laws Amended Law on Investment 2025 No. 143/2025 (English PDF 349kb, Vietnamese 1.2mb) Decree No. 371/2025 amending and supplementing a number of articles of Decree No. 77/2013/ND-CP dated July 17, 2013 of the Government detailing the implementation of the Law on Prevention and Control of Tobacco Harms regarding certain measures for tobacco harm

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Lao PDR

Tobacco Control Laws MOH Notification on The Implementation of New Graphic Health Warning on Cigarette Packs and Cartons (25 June 2025) (pdf 4.5mb) MOH Notification on Standardized Packaging to Ministry of Industry and Commerce (22 Jan 2025) (pdf 145kb) Regulation of Content, Packaging, Health Warnings and Labels of Tobacco Products 2024 (pdf English, Laos) Regulation

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Thailand

Tobacco Control Laws Notification of the Ministry of Public Health Re: Criteria, Methods and Conditions on Tobacco Product and Cigarette Packaging B.E. 2564 (2021) (pdf 359kb)  Notification of the Ministry of Public Health, Criteria, methods and conditions on tobacco product and cigarette packaging B.E. 2561 (2018) (pdf 665kb) Thailand Custom Act, B.E. 2560 (2017) (pdf 78kb)

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