16 September 2023 By: Cristina Eloisa Baclig, Inquirer MANILA, Philippines—Despite regulations prohibiting the sale and distribution of tobacco products near or within schools in the

3 September 2023 The Standard Health Secretary Lo Chung-mau said during an anti-smoking campaign Sunday that increasing the tobacco tax is critical to help citizens

10 August 2023 By Claudeth Mocon-Ciriaco, BusinessMirror Aljur and Anjoe, 14 and 17 years old respectively, started smoking at the age of 10.Their exposure to

9 August 2023 By Gerard Naval, Business Insight   CONTRARY to the claims of manufacturers, vaping and heated tobacco products (HTPs) are more harmful than smoking

15 July 2023 By Jee Y. Geronimo, Rappler The Philippine law requiring large companies to recover the plastic packaging waste they produce is a missed

17 July 2023 By CodeBlue An Al Jazeera documentary reveals that some vape shops in KL sell e-cigarettes to teenage non-smokers without asking for IDs.

9 July 2023 By Mangai Balasegaram, The Star Parents, protect your children. Tell them to beware of the thousands of vape products flooding the market,

3 July 2023 By Boo Su-Lyn, CodeBlue Health and child rights NGOs mount a court challenge against the delisting of liquid nicotine. Their suit, unprecedented

25 June 2023 FMT The health minister says tobacco control measures by the government require support from all levels of society. KOTA KINABALU: Health minister

26 July 2023 By Annabel Consuelo Petinglay, Philippine News Agency SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique – The Antique provincial board has requested the Department of

19 June 2023 This follows the government’s move to delist liquid nicotine as a poisonous substance and to refer the ‘endgame’ bill for further scrutiny.

22 June 2023 By Jerome Carlo Paunan, PIA QUEZON CITY, (PIA)—A the nation observe National No Smoking Month this June,  the Civil Service Commission (CSC)

2 June 2023 By Xinhua YANGON, June 2 (Xinhua) — Myanmar has extended the smoking ban to 10 more areas in the Bagan-NyaungU Ancient Cultural

1 June 2023 By Rory Visco, BusinessMirror FOR someone, regardless of age, to be enticed to take that smoking whiff can be attributed to a

24 May 2023 By New Straits Times KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Green Lung Association wants the government to fulfil its promise to table the Control

31 May 2023 By Vietnam+ Amid the increasing use of tobacco, especially e-cigarettes, Vietnam has rolled out measures to minimise tobacco harms.   Hanoi (VNA)

30 May 2023 Written by: Ms Catherine Phuong, Deputy Resident Representative and Officer in Charge of UNDP in Lao PDR, and Dr Ying-Ru Lo, WHO

31 May 2023 By, Association of Southeast Asian Nation (ASEAN) Tobacco use continues to pose a significant public health challenge globally. Every year, it is

29 May 2023 By Pia Rodrigo, BusinessWorld May 31 is World No Tobacco Day. This year, the theme of the celebration is “We need food,

9 May 2023 By CodeBlue While Australia bans disposable vapes and puts prescription vape in “pharmacy-like packaging” with flavour-free, plain packaged vapes, Malaysia uses a

1 May 2023 By World Health Federation The Indonesian Heart Foundation successfully implemented the “Sekolah Tanpa Advertising Rokok” (School with No Cigarette Advertisement) – STAR

27 April 2023 By Asia News Many students have had to be rushed to the emergency room due to nicotine poisoning and the harmful substances

23 April 2023 By Ruetir Between Malaysia and the Indonesian archipelago is Singapore, a city-state of six million inhabitants that has barely been an independent

24 April 2023 By Zacarian Sarao, Inquirer.net MANILA, Philippines —Advocacy groups have warned of the “vape epidemic” among young people and urged the Department of

By Loh Foon Fong, CNA Malaysia’s move to tax nicotine-laced vape products could generate revenue for healthcare spending, but it may exacerbate the youth smoking

3 April 2023 New Straits Times MALAYSIANS are shocked. No less than Health Minister Dr Zaliha Mustafa has thought it fit to exempt liquid nicotine

7 March 2023 Authorities will adopt an advisory approach for first three months of implementation – those caught smoking in newly prohibited places will receive

25 February 2023 By Chew Hui Min, Channel News Asia  Do tax hikes deter smoking and will banning future generations from smoking help to eradicate smoking

18 January 2023 Khmer Times The Ministry of Tourism has set guidelines for the establishment of a smoke-free tourism city in order to promote the

29 December 2022 Editor: Eka G Putra, RiauPos.co JAKARTA (RIAUPOS.CO) – Chairman of the Indonesian Consumers Foundation (YLKI) Tulus Abadi said President Joko Widodo’s (Jokowi)

13 December 2022 By Eireene Jairee Gomez, The Manila Times   A coalition of medical societies, youth groups, and civil society organizations on Monday called

8 December 2022 By Mary Assunta and Tan Yen Lian, SEATCA: EastAsiaForum Malaysia’s proposed Control of Tobacco Products and Smoking Bill 2022, an omnibus law

23 November 2022 By Bernama, New StraitsTimes PUTRAJAYA: The Court of Appeal here today upheld the Health Ministry’s decision to ban smoking in all eateries,

17 November 2022 World Health Organization Tobacco use causes a loss of up to 3.6 billion kip. Each year, about 6,800 people die from tobacco-related

11 November 2022 By Apinya Wipatayotin, Bangkok Post Thailand has found its first confirmed case of vaping-associated lung injury (Evali), according to Winai Wananukul, Chief

4 November 2022 By Gary Boyle, Bangkok Post A domestic tobacco control network has voiced concern about young children smoking e-cigarettes. A member of the

30 October 2022 By Yvette Van Der Eijk, Channel News Asia Youths seem to believe vaping is harmless. The reality is far from the truth,

15 September 2022 By Filane Mikee Cervantes, Philippine News Agency MANILA – A ranking House leader is seeking a stronger crackdown on violations of the Vaping