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Foundation funded by Philip Morris hijacks SEATCA’s Smoke-Free Index

Bangkok, 15 July 2019: The Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance (SEATCA) has accused the Foundation for a Smoke-free World (FSFW) funded by Philip Morris International (PMI) of hijacking its Smoke-free Index, first published in 2016 […]

Standardized packaging to deglamorize tobacco packs in Singapore by July 2020

Bangkok, 5 July 2019: The Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance (SEATCA) warmly welcomes the Singapore Ministry of Health (MOH) announcement of the implementation date for standardized tobacco packaging in Singapore, making it the second Asian […]

SEATCA lauds Indonesian government’s ban on cigarette ads on Internet

Bangkok, 17 June 2019: Actions by the Indonesian Ministry of Communication and Informatics (KemKomInfo) to block online cigarette advertisements at the request of the Ministry of Health to protect Indonesian youths from being exposed to […]

Senate Bill 2233 must be adopted without delay

Manila/Bangkok, 4 June 2019: The Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance (SEATCA) welcomes the approval of Senate Bill 2233 to further increase tobacco taxes to reduce tobacco use, save lives, and raise much needed revenues to […]

Travelers and staff now protected at smoke-free Vientiane–Wattay International Airport

Vientiane, 31 May 2019: The Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance (SEATCA) commends Lao PDR’s move to ban smoking inside the passenger terminals of Vientiane – Wattay International Airport to protect employees and travelers from the […]

World No Tobacco Day 2019 is a good day to ban e-cigarettes and HTPs

Bangkok, 29 May 2019: As the world focuses on ‘tobacco and lung health’ for this year’s World No Tobacco Day on 31 May, the Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance (SEATCA) highlights the tobacco industry’s new […]

Evidence is clear: High tobacco taxes save lives, don’t cause smuggling

Manila, 23 May 2019: The Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance (SEATCA) reiterates that legislators should rely on the scientific evidence that raising tobacco taxes saves lives and brings in much needed government revenues without leading […]

U.S. FDA’s approval of sale of IQOS heated tobacco product does not equate safety

Bangkok, 9 May 2019: The Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance (SEATCA) is cautioning the public on last week’s announcement by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorizing the sale of the IQOS heated tobacco […]

Experts call for tobacco tax increase to save Cambodian lives and expand health care benefits

Phnom Penh, 23 April 2019: Experts from the Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance (SEATCA), World Health Organization (WHO), and Cambodia Movement for Health (CMH) today called on the Cambodian government to further increase tobacco taxes […]

Mt. Samat Shrine of Valor declared as Shrine of Smoke-free Philippines

9 April 2019: Launch of the Dambana ng Kagitingan (Shrine of Valor) Smoke-free Marker. Present during the launch were Philippine Vice-President VP Leni Robredo, Department of the Interior and Local Government DILG Philippines Secretary Eduardo Año, Second District of […]