Bangkok, 24 May 2017: The International Tax and Investment Center (ITIC) has reportedly cut its ties with the transnational tobacco companies. According to a Financial Times report, the ITIC had asked tobacco representatives to resign from its […]
Bangkok, 26 April 2017: British American Tobacco (BAT) is making big money out of the poorest countries in ASEAN. Tobacco use is declining in developed countries so tobacco companies are increasing sales in developing countries in Asia. Asia […]
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Bangkok, 22 March 2017: The Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance (SEATCA) commends the Philippines on the results of its second Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS) which reported that from 2009 to 2015, 1.1 million Filipinos have kicked the smoking habit […]
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) […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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