29 November 2016: Groups representing different sectors called on Philippine President Duterte to immediately sign the Executive Order (EO) enforcing a nationwide smoking ban during

On 23 November 2016, SEATCA together with the University of Public Health (UPH), Yangon held a capacity building workshop to develop a monitoring system to

22 November 2016: Indonesia has a new generation of dynamic young people called Young Innovators who are calling upon the Indonesian President and the government

21 November 2016: Smoking in public places in San Juan City will be implemented strictly. The move is in consonance with the existing ordinance that

17 November 2016: With out-of-date policies, cheap access, and ubiquitous usage, Myanmar ranks last in tobacco control, according to a survey of the region released

7 November 2016: THE Department of Health (DOH) does not see the need to enlarge the graphic health warning (GHW) in cigarette packs to more

4 November 2016: New Vios Association of the Philippines (NVAP) President Emer Rojas said while legitimate points of sale in Metro Manila have started complying

6 November 2016: Dr. Margaret Chan As India prepares to host a key global anti-tobacco conference, the world must seize the chance to end a

30 October 2016: A NON-GOVERNMENT organization appealed to President Rodrigo Duterte to make the Philippines smoke-free by enforcing a nationwide smoking ban in public places

2 November 2016: Tobacco companies have been meddling in government affairs and interfering with policies aimed at reducing smoking in Myanmar, a new report has

28 October 2016: With his tough anti-vice record in his constituency Davao, the Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte is now set to roll out a strict

20 October 2016: TWENTY-FOUR smokers paid a hefty price for lighting up in the George Town Unesco World Heritage Site which is a designated cigarette

19 October 2016: GEORGE TOWN: Twenty four smokers who were caught lighting up in the heritage zone today have until Nov 19 to settle a

15 October 2016: Thai smokers are taking to puffing away in the comfort of their own homes as smoking in public places becomes increasingly restrictive,

13 October 2016:  PRESIDENT Rodrigo R. Duterte is set to sign a regulation this month banning smoking in public across Southeast Asia’s second-most populous country,

10 October 2016 Draft EO submitted to Duterte for signature MANILA – The Department of Health (DOH) expects President Rodrigo Duterte to sign an executive

10 October 2016 MANILA, Philippines – Good news for anti-smoking advocates: President Duterte is expected to sign this month an order declaring a nationwide smoking

4 October 2016 With the current government aiming high on health development, its decision to raise cigarette excise by an average of 10.54 percent starting

4 October 2016 After lobbying from tobacco companies, a six-month reprieve has been granted on a regulation requiring cigarette packages to carry graphic health warnings,

3 October 2016 The government’s decision to raise cigarette duties will not deter tobacco consumption in the country, public health experts and activists say, as

2 October 2016 Low wages paid to workers in the tobacco industry stand in stark contrast to the fortunes made by their employers and earning

30 September 2016 Filipinos would enjoy lower income tax rates by June next year if the Department of Finance (DOF) could immediately get the legislators’

28 September 2016 TWO years after it was ranked high among Southeast Asian countries that reported tobacco industry influence, the Philippines has made significant gains

26 September 2016 BRUNEI was ranked first among ASEAN countries for its strict tobacco control measures, according to the 2016 Tobacco Industry Interference Index. The

6 September 2016 One decade after a law to control tobacco use went into effect, the government is finally pledging to give teeth to the

16 September 2016 THE World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday warned member-states against the intensified efforts of the tobacco industry to interfere in the implementation

17 September 2016 THE Philippines and Brunei lead their ASEAN peers in efforts to put a check on tobacco industry interference in health governance matters.

6 September 2016 Quitting smoking is hard as cigarettes contain nicotine, an addictive substance in tobacco that fuels cravings. After smoking, the brain becomes dependent

31 August 2016 All taxis will be 100% “no smoking” from Thursday, with stiff fines for passengers and drivers who disregard the ban, and all

27 August 2016 AN average of 50 to 60 teenagers are picking up the smoking habit daily nationwide and this is worrying, said the Health

23 August 2016 Burdened by a persistent deficit in the national health insurance, the government, earlier reluctant to try to stop the country’s addiction to

17 August 2016 Cigarette packs sold around the country will display health and addiction warnings beginning September 1.  In a move to combat cigarette addiction,

23 August 2016 Plans to increase cigarette prices to Rp 50,000 (US$4) per pack from currently Rp 15,000, will be effective to reduce the number

20 August 2016 House of Representative speaker Ade Komarudin has agreed to a plan to hike cigarette prices to Rp 50,000 (US$3.79) per pack, more

19 August 2016 Protobacco lobbying in Indonesia, dubbed the country of baby smokers because of its alarmingly high smoking rate among children, is endangering the

15 August 2016 TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Widyastuti Soerojo, head of the special division for control at the Indonesian Public Health Scholars Association (IAKMI), said that the

13 August 2016 The proposal to prohibit selling tobacco products and smoking cigarettes every 15th day of the month is now backed by an anti-smoking

Tobacco control advocates are familiar with the “scream test” – the litmus test for an effective measure that hurts the tobacco industry and causes it

3 August 2016 GEORGE TOWN: Those caught smoking in the George Town World Heritage Site may have to do community service. State exco member Phee

2 August 2016 GEORGE TOWN: If you are craving for nicotine inside the no-smoking heritage enclave here, look for the yellow semi-circle marked with a

28 July 2016 SINGAPORE – The point-of-sale display ban on tobacco products – approved in Parliament in March – takes effect on August 1, 2017.  Retailers

27 July 2016 Days after a law went into effect requiring all cigarette packages sold in Cambodia to be plastered with graphic images of the

21 July 2016 Smokers who light up inside bars, restaurants, hotels and other establishment where the public gathers will face fines of 20,000 riel (about

19 July 2016 Here’s how the Asian nation dramatically curbed tobacco usage and got 91% of smokers to support harsher action against cigarettes. “Can I

20 July 2016 HÀ NỘI — The Government should bar certain industries from exploiting the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) lest they damage public health, health activists

19 July 2016 No smoking – Members of Indonesian Young Reformers take a picture after a press conference on Monday ahead of the 2016 National

18 July 2016 “OPEN and systematic monitoring” will be critical to the success of the Sin Tax Law, a World Bank working paper reported as