Bangkok, 10 March 2017: The Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance (SEATCA) calls upon the International Labour Organization to end its ties with the tobacco industry. On 16 March 2017 the Governing Body of the International Labour Organization (ILO) will decide on its relationship with the tobacco industry. For many years the ILO has had a close working relationship …
Bangkok, 8 March 2017: The Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance (SEATCA) urges Philippine President Rodrigo R. Duterte to sign a strong Smoke-free Executive Order today in honor of International Women’s Day. Tobacco use and exposure to secondhand smoke pose a major public health problem in the Philippines. Numbers don’t lie. Nine percent of girls aged 13 to 15 years …
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 31 January 2016, Manila – The Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance (SEATCA) asserts that former National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) Director General Romulo Neri inappropriately cited SEATCA’s report to buttress his support for a two-tiered cigarette excise system as proposed in HB 4144, claiming in recent media reports that a unitary tax …
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Bangkok, 26 January 2017: The Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance (SEATCA) applauds Cambodian Health Minister Mam Bunheng for standing strong against non-compliance of tobacco companies to the Sub-decree on Pictorial Health Warnings (PHWs) legislated in 2015. “We fully support the warning issued on 23 January by the Minister of Health to the tobacco industry to comply with the Sub-Decree requiring …
Bangkok, 11 January 2017: The Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance (SEATCA) welcomes the new report “The Economics of Tobacco and Tobacco Control” by the U.S. National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the World Health Organization (WHO), which finds that tobacco control measures are highly cost-effective and boost national economies. Tobacco use remains one of the world’s leading causes of preventable premature death. In the ASEAN region where …
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8 December 2016, Manila – “Disregarding the major public health gains of the tobacco tax reforms enacted in 2012, some Philippine legislators decided to promote tobacco industry interests rather than protect public health.” This was the conclusion of the internationally recognized Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance (SEATCA), when HB 4144 was approved on second reading …
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Bangkok, Thailand, 10 November 2016: Of the countries in the ASEAN, male adult smoking prevalence is highest in Indonesia (66%) and lowest in Singapore (23.1%) according to the third edition of the ASEAN Tobacco Control Atlas released by the Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance (SEATCA) during the fourth day of the seventh session of the …
SEATCA’s new and expanded The Tobacco Control Atlas launched at COP7 Read More »
Bangkok, Thailand, 7 November 2016: Singapore leads the way in a 10-country race in the ASEAN to protect public health from the harms of tobacco use according to the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) Scorecard being launched today by the Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance (SEATCA) at the start of the seventh session of …
First-ever tobacco control scorecard for ASEAN countries launched Read More »
Krabi, Thailand, 14 October 2016: More than 200 tobacco control leaders and champions from all over the ASEAN gather in Krabi, Thailand from 13-14 October to strengthen and sustain their smoke-free campaigns to effectively protect people from the harms of secondhand tobacco smoke (SHS). “Recent studies has unequivocally established that exposure from tobacco smoke causes …
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MANILA, 16 September 2016 – Tobacco use kills approximately six million people every year worldwide. The Western Pacific Region has one third of the world’s smokers and two people die every minute from tobacco-related diseases. It is estimated that in 2025, one fourth of the adult population would still be current smokers. As governments strive …