Making Malaysia tobacco-free
19 September 2021 Dr Mohammad Fadzley, Muhammad Sha’ani Abdullah and Dr Khor Swee Kheng Source: The Star Malaysia Stronger laws to control the sale and
Philippines: Three govt agencies put pressure on Congress to scrap bill on vapes, e-cigarettes
16 September 2021 Klaire Ting. Source: Vera files The Department of Health (DOH), Department of Education (DepEd) and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) joined medical
13th Asia Pacific Conference on Tobacco or Health Declaration
Conference theme: Professional Alliance Moving Together for a Tobacco-Free Society This year, the 13th Asia Pacific Conference on Tobacco or Health (APACT13) takes place virtually
Vape use could lead to alcohol and illegal drug use ー health experts
1 September 2021 Reiven Pascasio. Source: VERA files Electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) smoking or vaping could open the way for the youth and non-smokers to use
Indonesia: The tobacco industry reaps double benefits from children #SaveSmallHands
30 August 2021 Source: Emancipate Indonesia Today, Emancipate Indonesia and Lentera Anak Foundation disseminated the study results on how the tobacco industry reaps benefits from
Philippines: Youth groups urge senate to junk vape bill
24 August 2021 Dang Samson Garcia. Source: The Post DIFFERENT youth and student organizations on Monday urged the Senate to junk a measure that relaxes
Philippines: Medical professionals, health experts call for stronger tobacco control measures
16 August 2021 Jhon Aldrin Casinas Source: Manila Bulletin Members of medical professional associations and public health experts have called on Monday, Aug. 16 for
Policy incoherence and tobacco control in Indonesia: an analysis of the national tobacco-related policy mix
6 August 2021 Elisabeth Kramer, Abdillah Ahsan, Vaughan W Rees Source: BMJ Journals Abstract Introduction Indonesia has a high smoking prevalence that has not diminished significantly
A corporate cloud over the right to health
10 August 2021 Dr. Ulysses Dorotheo Source: Asia Democracy Chronicles Despite more than half a century’s worth of evidence detailing tobacco’s deadly health consequences, the
How governments can protect people and earn more revenue
29 July 2021 Source: The Phnom Penh Post The Covid-19 outbreak has put families, the economy and the country under tremendous pressure. Protecting public health
Cigarette packs in Cambodia to have new pictorial warnings from 1st Aug 2021
Press Release: CAMBODIA MOVEMENT FOR HEALTH Phnom Penh, 20 July 2012: Starting 1st Aug 2021 onwards, all cigarette packs sold in Cambodia shall have new
[OPINION] Tobacco, vape groups are bullying public health advocates in a pandemic
15 July 2021 Anna Bueno. Source: Rappler ‘For decades, it is the [tobacco] industry and its front groups that have lied, deceived, and manipulated the
Singapore’s smoking rate falls to 10.1% in 2020, just shy of target
11 July 2021 Cheryl Goh. Source: Channel News Asia Video Singapore’s smoking rate dropped from 10.6 per cent in 2019 to 10.1 per cent last
Philippines: Singson’s tobacco tax remarks blasted by think tank
8 July 2021 Source: BusinessMirror Economic think tank Action for Economic Reforms (AER) slammed Ilocos Sur Mayor Chavit Singson for criticizing the recent tobacco-tax increases.
Philippines: ‘Neither allies nor friends’
3 June 2021 Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer Public health advocates led by four former secretaries of the Department of Health (DOH) marked World No Tobacco
Philippines: Former health chiefs, medical sector groups denounce tobacco industry’s ‘tactics’ to ease government control
30 May 2021 Source: Business world FORMER health secretaries, medical sector groups and health advocates have slammed the tobacco industry for strategies that allegedly aim
Commentary: How the tobacco industry wrote the ‘fake news’ playbook
30 May 2021 Anna Bueno. Source: Philstar In case you didn’t know, there’s a website dedicated to 14 million documents that expose the tobacco industry’s
Tobacco use in PH: Health, income going up in smoke
2 June 2021 Cristina Eloisa Baclig. Source: Inquirer MANILA, Philippines—Every June, the Philippines celebrates No Smoking Month, during which Filipinos are being encouraged to stop
Is the Philippines’ CSR Bill a Trojan Horse for corporate interests?
31 May 2021 Kristine Fonacier, Source: Eco-Business Without the proper safeguards in place, a bill that incentivises CSR programs might instead open the door to
Philippines: Opposition to lowering the age of access to e-cigs snowballs
22 May 2021 Source: Opinyon News Team As the House of Representatives pass on second reading a bill regulating e-cigarettes, two former health secretaries have
Philippines: COVID-19 donations of tobacco firms ‘wolf in sheep’s clothing’ – law group
17 May 2021 Ralf Rivas, Source: Rappler ‘The tobacco industry has a long history of using so-called corporate social responsibility or CSR to interfere with
Philippines: DILG: No liquor, cigarettes in community pantries
28 April 2021 Melissa Luz Lopez, CNN Philippines Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, April 28) – The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) will prohibit the
Philippines: The hypocrisy of “CSR” in the time of COVID-19
25 March 2021 Anna Bueno, Vera Files: A bill to reward businesses for corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities is pending in Congress. At its face, the bill
Cambodia: New tobacco device banned
21 March 2021 Niem Chheng, The Phnom Phen Post: The National Authority for Combating Drugs (NACD) has instructed all relevant ministries and institutions to take
100% smoke-free pushed to prevent the spread of COVID-19
February 2021, The COVID-19 pandemic has ushered in a fervent call for the establishment of more smoke-free environments in the Philippines to uphold every Filipino’s
Filipinos want national smoking ban in public places, survey says
4 February 2021 Claudeth Mocon-Ciriaco, Business Mirror: More can still be done to ensure the safety of Filipinos when it comes to the harmful effects
What happens when Big Tobacco’s pandemic donations tangle with Philippine politicians drafting new laws?
January 2021 Lina Sagaral Reye, Eco-Business: Major tobacco firms have long used corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities to cosy up to government officials and policy
Malaysia: did the tobacco industry collaborate with media to defeat tax increase?
26 January 2021 Marita Hefler, BMJ: Mohamad Haniki Nik Mohamed It has been five years since Malaysia last had a tobacco tax increase. The 2021
Philippines: Dark side to Big Tobacco’s Covid-19 CSR activities?
16 December 2020 Lina Sagaral Reyes, Eco-Business: Donations of ventilators and supplies are part of a ‘classic tactic’ by the industry to get close to
PASS OR FAIL: Findings from Asian and ASEAN Tobacco Industry Interference Indexes
On 20 November 2020, SEATCA gathered public health experts, tobacco control advocates and government agencies to launch the 2020 Asian and ASEAN Tobacco Industry Interference Indexes
Tobacco Industry Capitalizes on Pandemic to Increase Influence in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
20 November 2020 Jennie Lyn Reyes, IPS: BANGKOK, Thailand, While the COVID-19 pandemic has elevated public health to a top priority in every country in
Malaysia: Ban alternative tobacco products to save lives
3 November 2020 Dr Mohamad Haniki Nik Mohamed, New StraitsTimes: LETTER: I am responding to the letter, “The need for alternative products” by John Soosai
Malaysia: Time to increase tax on tobacco companies
7 October 2020 New Strait Times: LETTERS: A tobacco company sponsored black bus that has been driving around the streets of Kuala Lumpur recently, must be
Philippines: Communal eating and smoking noted to cause Covid-19 spread
10 September 2020 NewsLine Philippines: DAVAO CITY — A top health official says Communal eating and smoking together in chambers are seen to open opportunities for COVID-19
Philippines: FDA Warns Public Against Vape Juice Containing ‘Mamon’ or Illegal Drugs
5 September 2020 Sethe, Philippines News: FDA Warns Public Against Vape Juice Containing Illegal Drugs Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warned the public about a
More than just hot air: The Philippines’ need for science-based vaping regulations
Mikael Angelo Francisco, flip science: “Never mind the law. The law will come.” On November 19, 2019, President Rodrigo Duterte declared an immediate ban on
EXPOSED: The Tobacco Industry’s Smoke-Free Deception Webinar
On 2 September 2020, SEATCA gathered public health experts, tobacco control advocates and government agencies online for a webinar to expose the tobacco industry’s smoke-free deception.
Malaysia: Government must use tax measures to protect public health — Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance
9 September 2020 Malaymail: I am responding to the article highlighting BAT Malaysia’s survey on tobacco black market in Malaysia published in the Malay Mail on 3 September
Philippines: Workplace under MECQ? Gov’t prohibits dining in canteens, common smoking areas
11 August 2020 Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News: MANILA — Eating in canteens and smoking in common areas are prohibited in workplaces in modified enhanced community
Singapore: 10 tobacco retailers have their licences suspended for selling cigarettes to underage buyers
24 July 2020 Jean Iau, The Straits Times: Ten tobacco retailers who sold cigarettes to people under the minimum legal age had their licences suspended
Tobacco Industry Factoid on Illicit Trade Leading Governments Astray
21 July 2020 Sophapan Ratanachena-McWhortor and Dr. Hana Ross, SEATCA: BANGKOK, Thailand, Jul 21 2020 (IPS) – A factoid is unreliable information repeated so often that
Protecting tobacco tax from industry sabotage webinar
On 3 July, SEATCA gathered public health experts, tobacco control advocates and government agencies online for #TheUnfilteredTruth Webinar Series: Protecting tobacco tax from industry sabotage to
Investing in Tobacco Control: Twelve Years of MPOWER Measures and Progress in the Western Pacific Region
July 2020 Katia De Pinho Campos, Mina Kashiwabara, Ashlee Teakle, Ramon De Guzman, Kate Lannan, and Susan Mercado, Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention: Abstract
Philippines: DOF mulls ban on online sale of cigarettes, alcohol
6 July 2020 Mary Grace Padin: The Philippine Star, MANILA, Philippines — In another step to tighten the regulation of sin products, the Department of
Singapore: Mandatory standardised packaging, bigger graphic health warnings on all tobacco products from Jul 1
29 June 2020 CNA A proposed layout of a standardised cigarette box. (Photo: Ministry of Health) SINGAPORE: All tobacco products sold in Singapore must have
Vietnam: The harmful effects of electronic cigarettes
24 June 2020 Dong Thap Online Electronic cigarette devices (TLTT) include: battery parts, charging, heating, gas flow; parts containing electronic solution tubes. TLTD works by heating the
Indonesia: Child Smokers Easy Target for Tobacco Industry: Ministry
18 June 2020 Tara Marchelin: Jakarta Globe Jakarta. Indonesian children are an easy target market for the tobacco industry, said Lenny Rosalin, the deputy head for child
Special Award from WHO for Dr Mom Kong
18 June 2020 Pech Sotheary: Khmer Times Cambodia Movement for Health executive director Dr Mom Kong received the “WHO Director-General Special Recognition Award” from the
Celebrating tobacco control champions in the Western Pacific Region
22 May 2020 World Health Organization: Dr Mom Kong, Cambodia Movement for Health, receives WHO Director-General Special Recognition Award Every year, the World Health Organization (WHO) recognizes
Malaysia needs innovative fiscal measures for sustainable health financing
15 May 2020 Yen Lian Tan, East Asia Forum Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) accounted for 73 per cent of total deaths in Malaysia in 2015, with