Regional updates archive

BY NI KOMANG ERVIANI Public health professionals and leaders from several countries, including Indonesia, issued a call on Friday to stop the plan to hold Inter-tabac

By Reuel John F. Lumawag Tuesday, January 21, 2014 THE Anti-Smoking Task Force (ASTF) had apprehended a total of 3,690 individuals from January to November 2013

Health advocates are on a high with the recent news of a Senate Resolution from the Senate Finance Committee recommending PhP 1-Billion for Health Promotion

BY LOH FOON FONG KUALA LUMPUR: The Health Ministry is drafting a new anti-tobacco law that will sweep away cigarette displays now seen behind cashier counters.

Health Minister Nafsiah Mboi has said the government will strive to ensure that Indonesia ratifies the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) as it advances

Excluding Tobacco from Trade and Investment Agreements: Transpacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) Click here to download pdf Background On August 26, 2013, during the 19th Round

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The cost of cigarettes is set to increase by 6 percent, a rise that should inject an estimated $3.6 million into the national budget and

Radio Australia: Thailand’s Public Health Ministry is planning to press on with tougher anti-tobacco measures, despite a legal setback. Follow this link for full Audio

Last 5 July 2013, the “Workshop on the Regional Experience on Tobacco Tax” was held at Halong, Quang Ninh, Vietnam. In collaboration with the Southeast

A GROUP of throat cancer survivors on Sunday urged legislators to strengthen tobacco control measures by reviving bills that require graphic health warnings on cigarette

12 June 2013 SEATCA in collaboration with National Commission for Child Protection (NCCP) launched a report on Ending “Child Labour in Tobacco Cultivation” on World

18 June 2013, SEATCA and MyWATCH (Malaysian Women’s Action for Tobacco Control & Health) held a Round Table Discussion“Protect Our Children: Turn-Off the Toxic TAPS”in

13 – 14 June 2013, SEATCA held a first ever Consultation on Good Governance in Tobacco Control in Melaka, Malaysia. Resource persons and participants working on

Published: Sunday June 23, 2013 BY ISABELLE LAI KUALA LUMPUR: Banning cigarette pack displays at point-of-sale places, including convenience stores, is a vital move towards

By Sheila Crisostomo (The Philippine Star) | Updated June 25, 2013 MANILA, Philippines – An anti-tobacco advocate wants a 100 percent smoke-free environment based on

The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | National | Wed, June 26 2013 An anti-tobacco network launched a road map on Monday that they hope will accelerate

by Hamzah Nazari THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 2013 – 11:01Location: KUALA LUMPUR Ministry to counter indirect cigarette advertising TOBACCO firms have been accused of using subtle tactics to

6 June 2013: The Phnom Penh Capital City (PPCC) representatives in cooperation with the Cambodian Red Cross (CRC) youth launched a campaign to warn cigarette

30 May 2013, ASH Thailand and other healthcare partners organized the WNTD 2013 activity to promote the campaign “Tobacco = Addictive Drug” to public. This

Lao PDR/May 29:  The Ministry of information-Culture and Tourism (MICT) organized a meeting with related departments in the ministry and mass media to celebrate World

Ban Tobacco Advertising, Promotion and Sponsorship World No Tobacco Day this year focuses on a ban on tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship. Such a ban

Hanoi, Vietnam: Last Saturday, 25 May 2013, a ceremony was held in response to the WNTD and national week of Tobacco Control(TC). This was organized

With tobacco advertising and promotions being either totally or partially banned in the mass media in almost all countries in Southeast Asia, the tobacco industry

The world largest pictorial health warning size, 85% will be implemented in October 2013 in Thailand after the recent gazettement of pictorial health warnings Notification of the Ministry

On 2 April, ThaiHealth promoted a new campaign on No-Smoking Tale to raise awareness of children on harms of tobacco. This tale series expected to educate primary and secondary-level students on Brain-Based Learning principle.

ProLEAD Module 2 workshop for Lao PDR and Viet Nam, 6 participants from Vietnam and 8 from Laos, joined the ProLEAD workshop last 3-4 April 2013

On 25-26 March 2013, The Tobacco Taxation Working Group under the Ministry of Economy and Finance of Cambodia conducted a study workshop at the Excise

ACTION  ON  SMOKING  AND  HEALTH  FOUNDATION Press Release Ministry of Public Health, Thailand, has received full support worldwide for increasing the size of pictorial health

MANILA, Philippines—The United Nations has expressed concern that the Philippines could encourage smoking by hosting one of the world’s biggest tobacco trade shows, a health

Anti-tobacco advocates in Thailand are celebrating after the government signed off on regulations that will require graphic health warnings to cover 85% of cigarette packets.

13 March 2013: Bangkok- In the global fight to end tobacco addiction and deaths, a regional anti-tobacco alliance has stressed that tobacco farmers themselves are

The Health Ministry is looking at the possibility of banning point-of-sale display of tobacco products in stores. This means that retailers may not be able

Since promising to “spoil the party for WHO” at COP4 in Uruguay, the International Tobacco Growers Association (ITGA), has been even busier, rabble-rousing and instigating

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Radio Australia interviews Nicola Roxon, former Australian Attorney-General; Dr Ulysses Dorotheo, Director of SEATCA Initiative on Tobacco Tax (SITT), Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance; Teodoro Herbosa,