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
Cigarette Sponsor Pull from Kelly Clarkson Show 22/04/10
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Pop star Kelly Clarkson’s upcoming concert in Indonesia will no longer be sponsored by a cigarette company, the promoter said
International Health Groups, Fans Urge Kelly Clarkson to Drop Tobacco Sponsorship 21/04/10
International public health advocates are calling on U.S. singing star and American Idol winner Kelly Clarkson to withdraw tobacco industry sponsorship of her April
HOT NEWS: Kelly Clarkson cancel her Jakarta tour
Kelly Clarkson explains to her fan the reason she has to cancel her trip to Indonesia. http://blog.kellyclarkson.com/2010/04/jakarta-mishap.html April 21, 2010 Jakarta Mishap So …my morning
HOT NEWS: American Idol Winner Sparks Smoking Debate, 20/04/10
BOGOR, Indonesia (AP) ― Just a few miles after passing a towering Marlboro Man ad, a second billboard off the highway promotes cigarettes with a
Tobacco Control Policy Advocacy Training Workshop, Sapa, Vietnam
The American Cancer Society and the Vietnam Steering Committee on Smoking and Health (VINACOSH) held the Tobacco Control Policy Advocacy & Enforcement Training Workshop March
Parliament: Number Of Women Smokers At Worrying Stage, 09/04/10
The Dewan Rakyat was told on Wednesday that the increase in the number of women smokers was worrying. Health Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai
New tool to fight addiction, 08/04/10
ANTI-SMOKING laws will be tightened, strengthening controls over novelty tobacco products that are said to be potentially addictive. In the latest entry of
Indonesia says US cigarette ban ‘discriminatory’, 16/04/10
Indonesian Trade Minister Mari Pangestu said Wednesday a US ban on clove cigarettes breaches World Trade Organisation rules. The ban took effect on September 22
Rising anti-smoking policy hurting RI tobacco exports, 12/04/10
The government is expecting a slower annual growth in exports of tobacco and its products from average 18 percent in the past three years to
Rising anti-smoking policy hurting RI tobacco exports, 12/04/10
The government is expecting a slower annual growth in exports of tobacco and its products from average 18 percent in the past three years to
APACT 2010 Registration Now Open!
APACT 2010 registration now open! www.apact2010.org Top news items Provisional program released Registration fees and accommodation – bookings now open! APACT
Govt urged to ban tobacco ads, 02/04/10
Health experts on Thursday warned that the government is in danger of missing an internationally mandated deadline to ban tobacco advertising. The deadline is mandated
Indonesia to hike cigarette excise, cut production, 02/04/10
JAKARTA, April 1 – Indonesia plans to raise the cigarette excise tax, a senior industry ministry official said on Thursday, to offset lower production and
Cases of underage youths buying cigarettes remain high, 03/04/10
SINGAPORE: Cases involving sale of cigarettes to those under 18 have remained high in the last five years. The Health Sciences Authority (HSA) has clamped
Global Adult Tobacco Survey data (GATS)
Global Adult Tobacco Survey data Philippines Factsheets Country Report 2009 Thailand Factsheets Country Report 2009
TFI Newsletter Vol. 3 No. 1
Tobacco Free Initiative Newsletter Legislation to ban TAPS in Countries of Southeast Asia Enforcement and monitoring mechanism of TAPS regulations Reports on implementation of regulation
Farmers shift to tobacco, 31/03/10
High tobacco prices and the long dry spell are driving a record number of Ilocos Sur farmers to shift to tobacco growing this year, the
Smoke gets in your eyes, 31/03/10
Despite all the evidence out there, people are still smoking. IN THE 1940s, smoking cigarettes was socially acceptable – even considered cool, if you believe
Jakarta to scrap smoking rooms in public places and buildings, 30/03/10
The city will extend the smoking ban in public places and buildings after finding that smoking rooms in buildings do not stop smoke infiltrating non-smoking
Tanauan city asked to remove ‘Philip Morris’ street, 30/04/10
MANILA, Philippines—The Bangkok-based Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Coalition (SATCC) has expressed “shock” and “disappointment” over the Tanauan City government’s decision to name one of its
National Consultation on Tobacco Control, Cambodia
The National Consultation on tobacco control was held in Cambodia, last March 3rd and 4th 2010. Objectives were to understand the process of the
Student rally against Muhammadiyah`s anti-smoking edict, 25/03/10
Malang, E Java (ANTARA News) – A group of youths representing Muhammadiyah-owned university students demonstrated here Wednesday to demand the reviewing of Muhammadiyah`s edict against
Indonesia, President Obama and tobacco, 03/19/10
The controversy over smoking in Indonesia is heating up coincidentally with the visit of US President Barack Obama. He couldn’t possibly have learnt that in
Over 17M Filipinos are smokers, study shows, 18/03/10
MANILA, Philippines—About 17.3 million Filipinos aged 15 years old and above are tobacco smokers with at least 13.8 million smoking daily, the Philippine Global Adult
MMDA gets P9.5M grant for anti-smoking project, 16/03/10
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority’s (MMDA) efforts to make Metro Manila 100 percent smoke-free by 2012 received a major boost with a P9.5-million grant from