One million signatures for no-smoking campaign, 23 July 2010
More than 1.2 million signatures have been collected during a one-month No Smoking House campaign in Vietnam. The figure was released by the Vietnam Women’s
Four million Malaysians addicted to smoking, 21/07/10
30% of cancer deaths and 90% of chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases in Malaysia were linked to smoking. -The Star/ANN KUALA LUMPUR: About four million
New ban on tobacco products, 19/07/10
Singapore–THE government has hit the tobacco industry with tighter restrictions, including a ban on alternative tobacco and nicotine products currently available abroad. These products include
WTO to rule in U.S.-Indonesia cigarette dispute-sources, 21/07/10
* Indonesia says U.S. clove cigarette ban is unfair GENEVA, July 20 – The World Trade Organisation is to rule on a dispute between Indonesia
Cigarette sales could lead to health crisis, 19/07/10
The health group, Framework Convention on Tobacco Control Alliance Philippines (FCAP) warned of public health crisis if the business prospects of the tobacco industry continue
800 million cigarette packs smuggled annually in Vietnam, 16/07/10
VietNamNet Bridge – Up to 800 million cigarette packs, or a fifth of the domestic consumption of tobacco, are smuggled into the country every year,
Industry Sponsorship of Police Outposts in Indonesia
The photos speak for itself. The tobacco industry in Indonesia – sponsoring police outposts/street stations in Jakarta and at the same time advertising
Smoking ads: Fatal attraction for Women, 30/06/10
KUALA LUMPUR – Every year, the tobacco industry has to look for new recruits to replace its “dying” market. Dying prematurely from tobacco-related diseases, that
Philippines Department of Health, Civil Service Commission commended…24/06/10
Philippines Department of Health, Civil Service Commission commended for bolstering protection from big tobacco Bangkok—24 June 2010—The Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance (SEATCA) welcomes the
Asia tobacco farmers fight flavoured cigarette ban call, 21/06/10
Asian tobacco growers are meeting in Indonesia for a two-day summit on the challenges facing the industry. It comes after a recent recommendation by the
Kobchai Newsletter (Lao PDR)
Congratulations to the Lao Tobacco Control Task Force for launching the Kobchai Newsletter(in Lao). The first issue came out last 20 May 2010. It features
Malaysia bans small cigarette packets after tobacco giant threatens legal action over delay, 15/06/1
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Malaysia began enforcing a ban on small cigarette packets, the health minister said Monday, after a short-lived postponement of the move
Rising Trend Of Teenage Girls Smoking Worrying – Rosnah, 11/06/10
The percentage of teenage girls who smoke, which is higher than of teenage boys, is worrying, especially when there are girls who started smoking even
Tobacco not just for making cigarettes – farmer groups , 13/06/10
MANILA, Philippines – The Agro-Industrial Productivity Exponents (APEX) and the Philippine Association of Tobacco-Based Cooperatives (PATCO), the biggest organizations of tobacco farmers in the country,
Ruling Sought From WTO On US Clove Cigarette Ban, 13/06/10
Indonesia will ask the World Trade Organization on June 22 to rule on its complaint that a US ban on clove cigarettes aimed at preventing
Aquino Says Obama Offers to Help Him Quit Smoking, 10/06/10
June 10 (Bloomberg) — Philippine President-elect Benigno Aquino, who received flak for smoking on the campaign trail and has resisted calls to quit, said U.S.
Djarum Strikes Up a Deal to Sponsor Indonesia Open, 08/06/10
Until regulations prohibiting tobacco companies from sponsoring sports events are put in place, Indonesia Open organizers are more than happy to do business with PT
Imams Ire on E-digarettes, 05/06/10
Bandar Seri Begawan – Manipulative tactics that entice smokers to continue puffing with the aid of e-cigarettes and other new hi-tech tools were blasted yesterday
Follow up story: Indonesia’s smoking boy to have specialist care, 05/06/10
JAKARTA — A two-year-old Indonesian boy who smokes about 40 cigarettes a day will have specialist treatment next week to wean him off his habit,
‘Shisha’ is more dangerous, 04/06/10
Smoking shisha for hours is like smoking 400 cigarettes. -NST A SMOKING ban should not be applied only to cigarettes but also shisha, a flavoured
14-stick cigarette packs ban is on, 04/06/10
KUALA LUMPUR: The sale of the 14-stick cigarette packs has been banned with immediate effect. At its weekly meeting on Wednesay, the cabinet decided that
Tobacco Firms Call for stop to picture health warnings, 03/06/10
An order requiring tobacco companies to print graphic health warnings on cigarette packs is contrary to law, the Philippine Tobacco Institute (PTI) said on Thursday.
Philip Morris mulls legal options on ‘apparent’ reversal of ban on small cigarette packs, 27/05/10
KUALA LUMPUR: Philip Morris (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd (PMM), is mulling legal options following an an apparent decision by the government to reverse a previous Cabinet
Saving Asian women from cigarettes
AFTER working all night, a call centre worker in the Philippines lights up a cigarette as she walks home at 6am. A fashion model in
Tobacco firm fumes as Liow confirms policy U-turn, 27/05/10
KUALA LUMPUR, May 27 — Health Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai has confirmed a delay in banning small cigarette packets over concerns of rising
Peers, Curiosity biggest draws to cigarette, 27/05/10
Several high-school students who smoke have admitted they were encouraged to take up the habit after inhaling smoke from the cigarettes of their fellow classmates.
Indonesia smokes up flak, 31/05/10
JAKARTA – INDONESIA’S failure to ban tobacco advertising or enforce laws against smoking in bars and restaurants came under heavy fire on Monday
Indonesian students expected to stir up movement to curb smoking habit in families, 27/05/10
JAKARTA, May 27 (Xinhua) — Amid the increasing rate of smoking people across the country, Indonesian students are highly expected to become the agents
Divine cigarettes used to treat cancer, 19/05/10
Many in the medical field might raise an eyebrow upon hearing that cigarette smoke can be good for one’s health, given the numerous findings relating
Top presidential bet says smoking needed for the job, 24/05/10
PRESIDENTIAL RACE FRONT-RUNNER Benigno Simeon “Noynoy” C. Aquino III on Monday rejected calls to quit smoking, saying his habit would help him deal with the
Health dep’t issues ultimatum to tobacco firm, 24/05/10
THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT has thrown down the gauntlet to tobacco companies over a recently issued order requiring the incorporation of graphic health warnings on cigarette
Growing number of Indonesian Children smoking, 21/05/10
Ardi Rizal, 2, throws a tantrum when his parents refuse him a cigarette. His father gave him his first when he was just 18 months
Tobacco Industry continues targeting ASEAN women
SMOKING among young women and girls in Southeast Asia continues to rise at an alarming rate, the direct result, regional anti-tobacco advocates say, of deliberate,
Child Smoking on rise in Indonesia
Video of Two-year-old Indonesian boy Ardi Rizal puffing casually on a cigarette is shocking the world. The tolddler’s father, Mohammad, gave Ardi his first cigarette
The Economist, Letter to the editor: The banned played on
SIR – According to your article on the efforts in Indonesia to tackle smoking, the anti-tobacco lobby tried to stop a Kelly Clarkson concert in
Smoke-free Melaka Launch
Smoke Free Melaka is an initiative of the Melaka State Government, the Ministry of Health and Melaka Health Department together with MyWATCH(Malaysian Women’s Action for Tobacco
Warning pics of smoke-related diseases pushed, 14/05/10
A group of legal experts asked new leaders of the country Thursday to enact laws that would put picture-based health warnings of smoking-related diseases on
Tobacco Conrol Awareness Workshop for Journalists
Participants in the journalist workshop on tobacco control in Hanoi, Vietnam The American Cancer Society conducted a journalist workshop on tobacco control for 28 journalists last
SEATCA-SITT Research Workshop, Vientiane, Lao PDR
SEA countries join hands in conducting research on the Affordability of Tobacco and Modeling the Impact of Tobacco Tax Increases SEATCA held its first regional
Tobacco farmers rally against `extinction’, 10/05/10
Nine tobacco producing regencies in Central Java are lobbying the government to influence proposed anti-smoking regulations, according to Temanggung Regent Hasyim Afandi. “It’s not a
E-cigarettes: Circumventing Davao’s anti-smoking law (Feature)
DAVAO CITY, May 6 — If looks can kill, then the thousands of smoke-belching humans out there would have been dead by now. And if
No to scholarships from cigarette companies, 07/05/10
The Head of an antismoking advocacy team from the Faculty of Public Health, Diponegoro University, Semarang, Bagoes Widjanarko has asked the university to refuse scholarships
Vietnam Mass Media Campaign Result
Tobacco control advocates in Vietnam recently held a press conference to announce new survey results of the mass media campaign conducted in December 2009. This was supported
Vendors still violating cigarette ad ban Last update, 01/05/10
Violations of the tobacco advertising and promotions ban are so wide-spread in Viet Nam that virtually all cigarette vendors in the country have ignored the
Media Officers Workshop
Last 26 – 27 April 2010, twelve media officers from the region participated in a workshop on media monitoring and communications systems in Vientiane, Lao PDR.
Tobacco firms take aim at Asian women, 02/05/10
Dhaka – Bangladeshi chest doctor Kazi Saifuddin Bennoor has seen many misleading cigarette advertisements, but the one that suggested smoking could make childbirth easier plumbed
Cigarettes should be in plain packs, 30/04/10
On 29 April 2010 the Australian government announced that, cigarettes in the country would be sold in plain packages by 2012. Save for graphic health
Tougher anti-smoking laws, 27/04/10
SMOKELESS tobacco products and innocuous-looking but potentially addictive bite-sized nicotine candies will be banned in Singapore, under stricter anti-smoking laws that were introduced in Parliament