Our latest publications
The 2025 Annual Report highlights the region’s steady progress toward a future free from tobacco and nicotine addiction. Marking 25 years of advocacy, this year’s report details critical milestones across our focal countries, including the expansion of 100% smoke-free environments, successful tobacco tax reforms, and the implementation of standardized packaging.
Asia Pacific Tobacco Industry Interference Index 2025
The 5th Asia Pacific Tobacco Industry Interference Index shines a spotlight on this ongoing challenge. Covering incidents from April 2023 up to March 2025 across 24 countries, the Index offers a snapshot of how governments are faring in safeguarding their policies from industry meddling. This year’s report assesses developments in Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, New Zealand, Pakistan, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Vietnam
The 2025 FCTC Scorecard, released by the Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance (SEATCA), assesses how the ten ASEAN Member States are implementing key provisions of the WHO FCTC.
SEATCA Tobacco Packaging and Labelling Index 2025
Implementation of Article 11 of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control in ASEAN Countries
Promotion of Smoke-Free Airport
Airports are more than just transit hubs, they are critical public spaces where ensuring clean air is essential. This fact sheet advocates for the adoption of 100% smoke-free policies in airports, including bans on electronic smoking devices, by presenting the public health rationale, outlining key benefits for passengers, staff, and operations, and offering practical strategies for policy adoption, enforcement, and public awareness. It also features a global list of the busiest airports that have successfully implemented smoke-free policies, serving as models for governments, airport authorities, and advocates working to advance tobacco control in line with the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC).
