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Contraband cigarettes have become a major problem in Malaysia because of high cigarette prices, low penalties and lax enforcement. The Government is losing approximately RM1.5

KUALA LUMPUR: A snack packed in attractive sachets is becoming a hot favourite among schoolchildren and youths. Some of them were also said to be

Singapore Customs’ Annual Enforcement Results 2009 : Steady Improvement In Contraband Cigarettes Situation. Fall in supply of illegal cigarettes by almost 40%. Singapore Customs’ (SC)

  Tobacco leaves, fetching high prices ranging from Rp 20,000 to Rp 100,000, have transformed Temanggung regency into a tobacco-producing center, with many local farmers

SINGAPORE, Jan 26 — Little can douse the lure of a cigarette, it would seem.Despite smokers here now having far fewer public places to light

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PRESS Secretary Cerge Remonde had long been advised by his doctor to stop smoking because of his heart problem. Josephine Cabardo, Remonde’s cousin who served

Anti-smoking advocates decry absence of graphic-images requirement Photo by: Sovan Philong Phun An, 65, smokes a cigarette next to her grandson last year in Phnom

The text-only warnings fall short of complying with recommendations outlined in the World Health Organisation’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), to which Cambodia became

American tobacco giant Philip Morris’ legal troubles in the Kingdom appear to have deepened, with a Commerce Ministry probe having determined that the firm likely

 The SEATCA-Southeast Asia Initiative on Tobacco Tax (SITT), formally signed a Memorandum of Understanding with its major partner in Cambodia, the WHO, last 14 January 2010 at

Men are six times more likely to smoke than women. -AsiaOne Since the 1970s, Singapore’s smoking prevalence has reduced from above 25% to below 14%.

       VietNamNet Bridge – One week after smoking was banned in offices and public sites not one person has been fined for breaking

MANILA, Philippines – An international organization has cited the Davao City Anti-Smoking Task Force for its unwavering commitment to promote smoke-free policies in the country.

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      VietNamNet Bridge – One week after smoking was banned in offices and public sites not one person has been fined for breaking

DAVAO CITY, Philippines – After seven years of outlawing cigarette smoking in public places and public utility vehicles here, the city council now wants to

KUALA LUMPUR: “No smoking” may be made a condition for youths and students seeking aid from the government.Youth and Sports Minister Datuk Ahmad Shabery Cheek

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Health and the World Lung Foundation on December 18 launched a national campaign calling for a smoking ban in

 Position: Monitoring and Evaluation Officer  of Southeast Asia Initiative on Tobacco Tax (SITT) Project Term: 60 months starting 25 January 2010 Location: Bangkok, Thailand Closing

The government must take action to reduce the number of smokers in the country and solve potential social problems created by the enormous number of

Students protesting against smoking on World Anti-Tobacco Day in Jakarta earlier this year. (JG Photo/Safir Makki) Anti-smoking activists on Wednesday welcomed the government’s plan to

AP – In this Aug. 29, 2009 photo, a Cambodian woman with chewing tobacco stained teeth looks on as she and … HANOI, Vietnam – When pregnant Cambodian

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 1 (Bernama) — The sale of cigarettes in packets of less than 20 sticks will be prohibited effective June 1 next year.

PUTRAJAYA, Nov 30 (Bernama) — The Customs Department Monday launched a new approach of inspecting business premises to check the distribution and sale of untaxed

About 3,000 cigarette workers rallied in front of the Customs and Excise Office in Malang, East Java, on Monday to protest the government’s decision to

  On Tuesday 11 November 2009, more than 600 fired-up protesters were at the convention center in Bangkok in an attempt to smoke out representatives

Bangkok-10 November 2009 — While Asia is struggling to arrest its smoking epidemic, the tobacco industry is planning to recruit more smokers and aggravate the

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Bangkok—04 November 2009—More than 50,000 people have signed on to a petition against TabinfoAsia 2009, a global tobacco industry exposition to be held in Thailand

 OUT of every five cases of a heart attack in Metro Manila, one can be attributed to exposure to secondhand smoke, the Department of Health

Surabaya–Many local residents were still seen puffing away on their favorite cigarettes in malls and other public areas as the Surabaya municipal administration started enforcing

HA NOI — The third Asian Indoor Games (AIG), to be held in Viet Nam next Thursday, will be a non-smoking Games. The events’ organising

Attached is a 2-page article on the French movie “Coco Avant Chanel” from a lifestyle magazine of a broadsheet (top3) in the Philippines.  The pictures vividly

SINGAPORE: The Health Promotion Board (HPB) has launched a new initiative which it hopes will arrest the rising trend of young women picking up smoking

THE Council of Ministers is to make graphic new warning labels on cigarette packages mandatory – part of a plan aimed at combating one of

ANALYSTS said they were caught by surprise over the government’s move to raise excise duties on tobacco, three weeks ahead of the tabling of Budget

The government has denied any involvement in the striking off of a contentious sub-article on tobacco in the recently endorsed health law, deemed an effort

    Last 10th October 2009, the Hanoi Union of Friendship Organizations had a peace march: ‘Towards the Green, Clean, Beautiful, Smoke-free City of Hanoi’,

      The Thai Health Promotion Foundation and Department of Disease Control, Ministry of Public Health of Thailand organized the first meeting on ASEAN

The Health Promotion Board has received 171 responses from the public on proposed amendments to the Smoking (Control of Advertisements and Sale of Tobacco) Act.

The new graphic health warning regulation of Thailand has been printed in the Royal Gazette on September 30, 2009.  It will become effective in six

Front of a Facebook member’s homepage, September 2009. (ABC News) There are concerns big tobacco companies are using social networking sites like Facebook to sell

BRITISH American Tobacco (Malaysia) Bhd (BAT) will be able to uphold its performance despite the unexpected increase in excise duty by a sen on each