Malaysia: E-cigarettes must remain in generational end game
18 June 2022 News Straits Time LETTER:Ever since the health minister announced a generational end game for tobacco, statements by industry-leaning “experts” touting vaping and
Indonesia: Health Expert’s Suggestion to Help You Quit Smoking
14 June 2022 Translator: Ricky Mohammad Nugraha Editor:Laila Afifa, Tempo.co TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Citing a 2019 report by the Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance (Seatca) entitled “The Tobacco
Philippines: Supreme Court affirms FDA jurisdiction over cigarettes, tobacco products
12 June 2022 By: Jon Viktor D. Cabuenas, GMA News The Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in regulating
World No Tobacco Day at the Lung Center of the Philippines
31 May 2022 By: Jonathan Cellona Source: ABS-CBN News
Philippines: Campaign for smoke-free beaches, parks launched
31 May 2022 By: Gaea Katreena Cabico Source: Philstar MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Health launched Tuesday an eight-month campaign advocating for smoke-free beaches,
Malaysia: Health Ministry studying proposal not to allow tobacco product display
19 May 2022 By: Bernama Source: New Straits Times KUALA LUMPUR: The Health Ministry is studying a proposal to not allow the display of tobacco
Is Exposure to Social Media Advertising and Promotion Associated with E-cigarette Use? Evidence from Indonesia
April 2022 By: Widya Ratna Wulan, Dian Kusuma, Nurjanah Nurjanah, Aprianti Aprianti, Abdillah Ahsan Source: ASIAN Pacific journal of cancer prevention Abstract Background: E-cigarette use
Malaysia:Tobacco endgame ‘right strategy to snuff out smoking habit’
26 April 2022 Source: The Sun Daily KUALA LUMPUR: The Ministry of Health’s decision to introduce new legislation to address the smoking habit, through a
Malaysia: Majority Malaysians in support of Generational End Game Policy
20 April 2022 By: Tharanya Arumugam Source: New Straits Times KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysians are largely receptive to the government’s Generational End Game (GEG) Policy, which
Philippines: Vape bill version 2022: Congress ‘hijacks’ stringent regulations
5 April 2022 By: Booma Cruz Source: VERA Files In an apparent rush to pass the vaping bill, the 18th Congress reversed itself without regard
Thailand redesigns warning labels on cigarette packs showing extreme effects of smoking
30 March 2022 By: Pete Source: Thaiger Thailand has redesigned the graphic warning labels on cigarette packages, which show the harmful -and extreme – effects
Banning public smoking indoors in the Philippines: could it help 16 million people kick the habit?
27 March 2022 By: Geela Garcia Source: South China Morning Post A bill to ban almost all public smoking indoors is currently before Congress in
Philippines: Duque says vape bill a ‘Trojan horse’ in gov’t policy to protect health
17 March 2022 By: Joahna Lei Casilao Source: GMA News Health Secretary Francisco Duque III on Thursday advised the public that they should not be
Philippines: DepEd joins calls for Duterte to junk ‘anti-health’ vape bill
17 March 2022 By: Bonz Magsambol Source: Rappler Lawyers and the medical community have decried the ‘fake news’ behind the vape bill, disputing that it
Imperial Tobacco accused of cheap Laos product deal
9 March 2022 Source: BBC Imperial Tobacco has been accused of allowing a trade in cheap cigarettes in Laos through a special deal with the
Malaysia legislation aims to push youth smoking into the past
9 March 2020 By: Ashley Yeong Source: Globe Inspired by a New Zealand initiative, the Generational End Game would ban tobacco product purchases by anyone
Philippines: Vape bill to protect Pinoy youth? A ‘blatant lie’, says Pia
5 March 2022 By: Joseph Pedrajas Source: Manila Bulletin Senator Pia Cayetano on Saturday, March 5 called out the proponents of the vape bill for
Cambodia: Education ministry, NACD awarded for tobacco policy
By: Long Kimmarita, Source: The Phnom Penh Post The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports and the National Authority for Combating Drugs (NACD) have received
Cambodia: Raising tobacco taxes to reduce smoking and tackle illicit trade
23 February 2022 During this pandemic, the government needs more resources to protect its citizens. It can increase taxes on harmful products such as tobacco,
Thai Cabinet “okays” 5 year plan to lower tobacco consumption
17 February 2022 By: Pete, Source: The Thaiger Thailand is going a step further than the graphic (and disturbing) photos on packs of cigarettes to
Tobacco brings loss and poverty to Lao people
11 February 2022 An investment in tobacco, aimed at bringing gains to the country, has resulted in high costs and loss to both the government
FCTC ratification, smoking prevalence, and GDP per capita: lessons for Indonesia and the rest of the world
5 February 2022 By: Abdillah Ahsan, Rifai Afin, Nadira Amalia, Martha Hindriyani, Ardhini Risfa Jacinda & Elisabeth Kramer Source: Globalization and Health Abstract Background Indonesia’s stagnated progress towards tobacco control
Malaysia: MOH: Generation Smoking Ban Also Covers Vape, E-Cigarettes
28 January 2022 By: Boo Su-Lyn Source: Code Blue The proposed ban on the sale of tobacco to anyone born after 2005 includes vape or
Malaysia: Govt plans to ban sale of cigarettes to those born after 2005, says KJ
27 January 2022 Source: Free Malaysia Today PETALING JAYA: The government plans to outlaw smoking for the next generation by prohibiting the sale of cigarettes
Malaysia: Vape and e-cigarettes are part of the nicotine problem
27 January 2022 By Azrul Mohd Khalib Source: Free Malaysia Today The intention to tax vapes and e-cigarettes as announced by the finance minister during
Philippines: Vape bill exposes young ‘vulnerable’ consumers to health risks, endangers already weak enforcement
16 January 2022 By Klaire Tingand, Reiven Pascasio Source: The Manila Times Just one-minute walk away from two private schools in Quezon City is a
Singapore ‘open to the idea’ of cohort smoking ban, will study how New Zealand implements ban
11 January 2022 By Jalelah Abu Baker, Source: Channel News Asia SINGAPORE: Singapore is open to the idea of a cohort smoking ban, Senior Minister
Philippines: Doctors blast senators for passing vape bill in 2nd reading
15 December 2021 By Jasmin Romero, Source: ABS-CBN News MANILA – Doctors have criticized the passage of Senate Bill 2239 or the Vaporized Nicotine Products
Philippines: Doctors, groups slam Senate 2nd reading approval of Vape Bill
14 December 2021 Source: SunStar MEDICAL associations and health groups criticized on Tuesday, December 14, the senators’ approval on second reading Senate Bill (SBN) 2239,
Big Tobacco Industry Rides COVID-19 Pandemic as Countries Grapple for a Response
3 Dec 2021 By Jennie Lyn Reyes. Source: Inter Press Service BANGKOK, Thailand, (IPS) – Almost two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, many countries in
An analysis of e-cigarette and polysubstance use patterns of adolescents in Bangkok, Thailand
November 2021 Bang-on Thepthien, Chit Su Tinn, Takuma Ofuchi, and Bee Kim Source: Tobacco Induced Diseases ABSTRACT Introduction:The prevalence of adolescent e-cigarette use has increased
‘Sin’ tax hike urged to restore PH to fiscal health
25 November 2021 Ben O. de Vera Source: Inquirer.net International think tanks also push for carbon tax to narrow deficit, reduce debt Emerging markets like
The Implementation Activist: How One Determined Person with a Camera Has Achieved Enforcement of Smoke-Free Laws throughout Thailand
November 2021 Naowarut Charoenca, Nipapun Kungskulniti, Vasin Pipattanachat, Siriwan Pitayarangsarit, Stephen Hamann, Jeremiah Mock. Source: Asia Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention Abstract Background: Smoking and
Brand-switching and tobacco taxation in Vietnam
19 November 2021 Anh Nguyen Source: BMJ Journals Abstract Background The government of Vietnam is embarking on a radical tobacco excise tax reform, switching from the current
Philippines: Ex-Health chiefs, stakeholders slam DFA’s Locsin COP9 remarks
14 November 2021 Jon Viktor D. Cabuenas. Source: GMA News Former Health secretaries of the Philippines, and local advocacy groups over the weekend denounced the
Philippines: DOH opposes and dissociates from statement of PH delegation in FCTC COP9
10 November 2021 Source: Philippines Department of Health Press Release The Department of Health (DOH) opposed and dissociated from pro-tobacco industry statements made by the
Philippines: Vapes, e-cigs serious health hazards
6 November 2021 Mar T. Supnard. Source: Daily Tribune Medical opinion and public opinion are in agreement: Vapes and e-cigarettes are harmful to Filipinos’ health.
Philippines: Former health execs join clamor to junk vape bill
27 October 2021 Claudeth Mocon-Ciriaco. Source: Business Mirror Stressing that it is a huge step backward in protecting the health of Filipinos, health experts, youth groups,
Vaping Is Harmful, Not Safer
October 2021, SEATCA ASEAN region In the ASEAN region, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Lao PDR, Singapore and Thailand have banned electronic smoking devices, while Malaysia, Philippines and Vietnam
Ex-DOH chiefs ask Senate to ditch Vape Bill
11 October 2021 Source: Daily Guardian Seven former health secretaries joined calls of medical professionals for the Senate to junk the Vape Bill, which seeks
Thailand: Doctors oppose legalising e-cigarettes
6 October 2021 Source: Bangkok Post The Medical Association of Thailand has come out strongly against the proposal by Digital Economy and Society Minister Chaiwut
Jakarta moves to take down cigarette ads in latest tobacco control campaign
25 September 2021 Dio Suhenda. Source: The Jakartapost The Jakarta Public Order Agency (Satpol PP) has begun taking down cigarette advertisements across the capital city
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