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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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) […]

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 […]

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. […]

Bangkok, 7 September 2016: The Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance (SEATCA) lauds Myanmar’s government, especially the Ministry of Health and Sport (MOHS), for standing firm on the 1 September 2016 deadline to implement strong pictorial […]

Bangkok, Thailand – 30 August 2016: It is possible to end poverty within the next 14 years. Today, government officials from nine countries in the ASEAN region, development partners including the ASEAN Secretariat, World Health […]

Hats off to Uruguay, countries in ASEAN must not be daunted by Big Tobacco   Bangkok, Thailand – 12 July 2016: The Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance (SEATCA) congratulates Uruguay in its historic win against […]