MANILA, Philippines – President Benigno Aquino III should support a global campaign against smoking, doctors said. In a press statement, the Philippine Medical Association (PMA)

The Healthy Ministry said it would likely start banning cigarette ads and sponsorships at schools, concerts and events geared toward students, but gave no details

Indonesia has banned smoking in public places and is trying to curb tobacco advertising. Yet the idea that tobacco is an addictive substance is being

EACH working day, as the sun rises, the streets and laneways of Kudus fill with tens of thousands of women. On bikes and buses, by

Kuala Lumpur, Feb 6 (IANS) Malaysian Indians are least likely to quit smoking compared to the Chinese or the Malays, a study has revealed. The

In the last two years, my husband and I lost a brother and a couple of friends to cancer of the lungs. They were all

MANILA, Philippines—Former health secretaries urged the Supreme Court to allow graphic picture warnings on cigarette packs. In a 39-page petition for intervention in the case

Jakarta. A group of lawyers has mounted a bid to challenge the city’s new antismoking decree, saying it violated human rights. Habiburokhman, a lawyer for

NAVAl, Biliran, Jan. 27 (PIA) – Being a doctor by profession, Gabino Sabonsolin Velasquez IV, reelected Sangguniang Bayan member of Naval, pushes for a smoke-free

CIGARETTES have shot to the top of the list of smuggled dutiable items in the country following a price hike in tobacco goods in November

Bungon Rithiphakdee:  Fighting the Endless War Against Tobacco Nuchanad Netprasertsri It has been more than 20 years since Bungon Rithiphakdee stood on the frontlines of

MANILA, Philippines – It is the season when people tend to become unhealthy. They take a break from exercising, they eat and drink more and

Pathomporn Kaenkrachang TOURISTS from China, Korea and Indonesia are likely to be dismayed at a new order banning smoking outdoors at Phuket’s popular Cape Promthep

The public hearing on tobacco excise tax at the House of Representatives by the Committee on Ways and Means last Monday, 13 December, barely lasted 2 hours.

The Vietnamese Ministry of Industry and Trade has released Circular 37/2010 According to this circular, 25.000 tons of rice and 3.000 tons of dry tobacco

Sales of over-the-counter nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) products appear to have increased following the government’s tax hike on tobacco products last month. The excise duty

  PREVENTING TOBACCO INDUSTRY INTERFERENCEA Toolkit for Policy Makers and Advocate SEATCA and Health Justice, Inc. has produced a simple, user-friendly toolkit based on the

THE regional Department of Health is concerned over the increasing instances of smoking in public and in government agencies and its effects on people’s health.

TOBACCO TAXATION reforms should be pursued given the government’s aims of raising revenues and fostering public health, a law school and a nonprofit organization said.

19 November 2010 – Punta del Este, Uruguay— Civil society representatives from over 100 countries yesterday singled out the Philippine delegation to the fourth session of

In dealing with tobacco and its health, social, economic, and environmental harms, governments should be guided by the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. This

JAKARTA, Indonesia — Robert sits on his haunches exhaling puffs of thin smoke and clutching a ragged cigarette between tobacco-stained fingers. Lines crowd his dark

  CIGARETTE prices have doubled to almost $8 per pack as the Department of Economic Planning and Development under the Prime Minister’s Office issued the

 A recent study conducted by the Gajah Mada University shows that Indonesia could lose up to Rp 300 billion (US$ 3.3 million) due to falsified

As Mount Merapi continues to erupt, cigarette companies sponsor rescue efforts. Mount Merapi’s wrath Mount Merapi, one of Indonesia’s most volatile volcanoes, erupts. (Fauzan Ijazah/GlobalPost)

Industry Surveillance Pamphlets on Point of Sale and Industry Front Groups Tobacco Industry Front Groups Activities Point of Sale, Tobacco Industry Last Domain to Fight 

Last 27-29 October 2010, the World Tobacco Asia 2010 was held at the Jakarta Convention Centre in Indonesia.  Their website calls this ‘Asia’s Biggest Tobacco

The police have dropped an investigation into possible graft on the omission of a proposed clause  in the 2009 Law on Health, allegedly due to

Activists expressed hope on Sunday that the advertising restrictions on tobacco and formula milk that they had long been fighting for would finally become reality

THE Health Department scored its first victory in compelling cigarette manufacturers to put pictures of diseased tissues and organs caused by smoking on cigarette packs,

Vinataba (BATVJ) is being investigated for allegedly cooking its books between 2006 and 2008, police in the southern province of Dong Nai said Wednesday. The

 Tobacco control advocate Mary Assunta needed only to sit through a congressional meeting in the Philippines to feel the forces at work against her cause

Health Ministry preaches caution on so-called alternative TESTING TIME: Salesman Nathanael Simon pulls on an electronic cigarette at Tropicana City Mall — Pic: Ashraf Shamsul

Health Ministry preaches caution on so-called alternative TESTING TIME: Salesman Nathanael Simon pulls on an electronic cigarette at Tropicana City Mall — Pic: Ashraf Shamsul

Health Ministry preaches caution on so-called alternative TESTING TIME: Salesman Nathanael Simon pulls on an electronic cigarette at Tropicana City Mall — Pic: Ashraf Shamsul

Phnom Penh – A decade ago a packet of Marlboro cigarettes cost just a dollar a pack in Cambodia, manna from heaven for a smoker

With lawmakers continuing to puff away inside the House of Representatives, Jakarta Governor Fauzi Bowo on Friday warned legislators to abide by a city bylaw

As part of a campaign to drive home the anti-illegal cigarette message, Singapore Customs has launched a new round of 25 roadshows, five times more

THE government has set a 2015 deadline for the passage of a tobacco control law that was first drafted in 2003, officials said yesterday following

INDONESIA, with one of the highest smoking rates in the world, plans to raise its tobacco excise tax by five per cent next year to

Officials from seven cities in Metro Manila have vowed to strictly implement Republic Act 9211, otherwise known as the tobacco control law. The cities of

APACT Declaration on Indonesia The 700 delegates from 41 countries/territories of the 9th APACT Conference in Sydney make this urgent appeal to the Indonesian government:

The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has put to task tobacco companies for refusing to put graphic warnings on cigarette packs. CHR Chair Loretta Rosales

SEATCA has just concluded its participation during the 3-day Asia Pacific Conference on Tobacco or Health(APACT), held at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre, Sydney,

Jakarta. The National Police have again summoned two Health Ministry officials for more questioning over the alleged deliberate omission from the 2009 health bill of

Tobacco control and other health advocates from no less than 15 countries around the Western Pacific region, North America and Europe will gathered in Hanoi,

The 5th Non-Communicable Disease Public Health Convention took place from September 23-24, 2010 at the Century Park Hotel, Manila. The Convention was hosted by the

(27 September 2010) Tobacco-control advocates from Southeast Asia are concerned that popular international artists will be performing at a tobacco sponsored rock festival in Indonesia

Gigantic billboards appeared on the streets of the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, in May, showing the “Big Five” (wild animals) of South Africa playing football, connecting