Listen to mayors and governors share their experiences in making their cities, municipalities and provinces smoke-free. A rare occasion where smoke-free leaders meet. Leaders with strong political will who prioritize the health of the people over the commercial and other vested interest of the tobacco industry. The Summit poster speaks for itself. We will …
23rd -24th April 2015, SEATCA together with the Cambodia Movement for Health, organized the ‘2nd Smoke-free Phnom Penh Workshop: Moving Towards an Intensified Enforcement of the Cambodia’s Smoke-free Circular’. H.E. Pa Socheatevong, governor of Phnom Penh opened the workshop with a strong message of support in making PPCC smoke-free. Governor PA was a smoker for 37 years but …
The National Assembly yesterday unanimously passed a draft law on tobacco control intended to combat the annual $100 million smoking habit that kills 30 people every day. According to a statement issued by Prime Minister Hun Sen in December and read out during yesterday’s session, the law contains 13 chapters and 49 articles intended to …
26th -27th March 2015, SEATCA together with the Laos Ministry of Health(MOH), organized the ‘2nd Smoke-free Lao PDR Workshop: Moving Towards an Intensified Enforcement of the Smoke-free Law’. Dr Path Keungsaneth represented MOH and facilitated the different sessions of the workshop. The workshop is a follow-up of the 1stsmoke-free workshop conducted last October 2014 where the participants …
ABU DHABI: The Philippines on Wednesday was among the six countries cited by philantrophist Michael Bloomberg for making “significant strides” in implementing tobacco control policies. Bloomberg also granted governments and NGOs in Brazil, Nepal, Russia, Ukraine and Uruguay his Philanthropies Awards for Global Tobacco Control. Uruguay was the first country in Latin America to ban smoking …
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TV personalities and advocates expose truth about tobacco harms Showbiz personalities, journalists, and advocates joined forces in a call to expose the truth about tobacco in the newest Time’s up, Tobacco campaign video (Video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sMJGfSjJ0M ). The said campaign is an initiative of HealthJustice, a non-profit organization that aims to push for effective …
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“Forming an Alliance: Working Together to Achieve a Smoke-Free Philippines” 19 February 2015: 11 Mayors and their representatives from different regions in the Philippines held a meeting to formally organize a network of mayors for smoke-free cities and municipalities in the Philippines and plan for the 3rd Regional Smoke-free ASEAN Workshop. This was organized by …
Smoking in PH to remain high as youth users replace adults February 11, 2015: The Philippines will continue to be Southeast Asia’s second largest tobacco consumers if young Filipinos are not stopped from smoking, warns the New Vois Association of the Philippines (NVAP). “Over the years we have seen how tobacco companies increase …
Senate conference hall, Phnom Penh, Cambodia 12 February 2015 Since the draft Law on Tobacco Control in Cambodian (drafted since 2003) had already gone through its procedural process from Ministry of Health to the Council of Ministers and to the Ministry of Justice and had lately been submitted to the National Assembly and the Senate …
