23 March 2019 Sun Star ANTI-SMOKING advocates renewed on Friday, March 22, their call for higher tax rates for cigarettes saying it would be beneficial

17 March 2019 Joshua Uyheng As May elections draw near, legislators are faced with the daunting task of reflecting upon — and marketing — their

11 March 2019 Politiko Central Luzon: Bataan 2nd District Representative Jose Enrique “Joet” Garcia III hailed Sunday the local government of Pilar, Bataan and its

11 March 2019 Charissa Luci-Atienza  Manila Bulletin: Bataan Rep. Jose Enrique Garcia III wants to restrict the importation, manufacture, use, sale, distribution and advertisement of

11 March 2019 Dian Septiari JakartaPost: The tobacco industry is trying to ride the wave of women’s empowerment that is celebrated globally every March, as

4 March 2019 Wassayos Ngamkham Bangkok Post: Police arrested 23 people and seized 2,856 hookahs, e-cigarettes and vaping solution, worth more than 900,000 baht, in

8 March 2019 John Grafilo Myanmar Times: A regional anti-tobacco organisation on Thursday warned women against falling for a campaign by tobacco companies to lure women

5 March 2019 Vanne Elaine Terrazola Manila Bulletin: Senator Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III is seeking to simplify the packaging for all cigarettes and other tobacco

1 March 2019 Pech Sotheary Khmer Times: The Apsara Authority has received the Smoke-free Heritage Award from the Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance and World

1 March 2019 Christia Marie Ramos Inquirer: MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Health (DOH) renewed its call for the passage of a bill that

28 February 2019 Sofia Tomacruz Rappler: Survey results show 9 out of 10 Filipinos support increasing the minimum age for the purchase of cigarettes from

2019 poll candidates challenged to support stricter tobacco control legislation Nine out of 10 adult Filipinos agree that smoking or the use of cigarettes in

27 February: SEATCA’s Smoke-free Program Manager Dr. Domilyn Villarreiz was one of the main resource speakers in the workshop to advance the campaign to make

19 February 2019 The Thaiger The Nation: The Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance (SEATCA) on Tuesday said it strongly supported Thailand’s move to ban smoking

13 February 2019 The Nation: The Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance (SEATCA) strongly supports Thailand’s move to ban smoking inside the passenger buildings in all

Yangon, 25-26 February 2018: The People’s Health Foundation (PHF) under the leadership of Dr. Than Sein organized a two-day meeting in Yangon to strengthen its tobacco

25 February 2019 Ben O, de Vera The Inquirer: Further jacking up the excise tax on cigarettes to P60 a pack, as proposed under a

19 February 2019 Gundo Weiler The Inquirer: The country’s legislators face a unique opportunity to save lives and protect the health of millions of Filipinos

18 February 2019 Pamela Mariz Geminiano Philippines News Agency: BAGUIO CITY–The Baguio smoke-free task force and city officials destroyed some PHP150,000 worth of cigarettes confiscated

12 February 2019 Lim Sun Sun Channel NewAsia: The use of global social media campaigns by multinational tobacco companies to glamourise smoking is what authorities

11 February 2019 Rei Kurohi The Straits Times: SINGAPORE – Cigarette packs sold here will soon have standardised plain packaging with larger health warnings, after

11 February 2019 Jalelah Abu Baker and Lianne Chia Channel NewsAsia: SINGAPORE: New restrictions on cigarette packaging will be introduced in Singapore, after amendments to the Tobacco (Control

3 February 2019 Online Reporter The Bangkok Post: Smoking will not be allowed inside the passenger buildings at all six airports operated by Airports of

29 January 2019 Filane Mikee Cervantes Philippines News Agency: MANILA — An estimated 713,000 smoking attributable deaths could be averted by a measure seeking to increase

28 January 2019 Mario Casayuran Manila Bulletin: The Senate ways and means committee starts Tuesday its public hearing on bills seeking to raise the excise

29-30 January 2019: The Myanmar Ministry of Health, People’s Health Foundation under the leadership of Dr. Than Sein and SEATCA organized a two-day meeting in Mandalay

26 January 2019 Ida Nadirah Ibrahim Malay Mail: KUALA LUMPUR, Roughly seven out of 10 retailers are participants of incentive programmes offered by tobacco companies

25 January 2019 Clarissa Chung The Star Online: KUALA LUMPUR: A study showed that about 70% of retailers accepted incentives such as cash and shopping

24 January 2019 Jessica Glenza The Guardian:  Mary Assunta: ‘Ideas jumped into tobacco control only recently and was making policy statements that echoed the tobacco

23 January 2019 Jessica Glenza The Guardian Free-market thinktanks from Malaysia to Chile and Australia received funding from the industry alongside governments as they argued

20 January 2019 Jovic Yee Inquirer At least 30 medical associations warned they would campaign against the reelection bids of senators who would block or

18 January 2019 Channel News Asia BUTTERWORTH: Penang plans to gazette the entire state as a smoke-free area in the next five years, health official

17 January 2019 CNN Philippines Staff CNN Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, January 16) — The Department of Health (DOH) on Wednesday renewed its warning against the

8 January 2019 Kenneth Lee Malaymail PETALING JAYA, Jan 8 — Pelita Samudra Pertama (M) Sdn Bhd (Pelita) plans to stop selling cigarettes at its

7 January 2019 Opalyn Mok Malay Mail GEORGE TOWN, Jan 7 – Health enforcers caught 648 people lighting up in non-smoking zones last year and

6 January 2019 News Straits Times ASTUDY by a team of researchers has shown that in areas where the smoking ban was enforced, such as

5 January 2019 MASAYUKI YUDA, CLIFF VENZON and JUSTINA LEE, Nikkei staff writers Asian Nikkei Governments hike tobacco taxes to mitigate health threats and fund

5 January 2019 Jason Thomas The ASEAN Post Malaysia has become the latest ASEAN member state to establish more smoke-free zones; rolling out a divisive

4 January 2019 The Star CAMERON HIGHLANDS (Bernama): A RM500 fine will be imposed on first-time offenders who flout the no-smoking rule at food premises.

1 January 2019 Marlon Ramos Inquirer For the past 16 years, Emer Rojas, an engineer, has been the local poster boy of the ill effects

12 December 2018 Ma. Teresa Montemayor Philippines News Agency MANILA — Studies show that smoking or tobacco use remains to be the biggest preventable cause of

11 December 2018 EDD K. USMAN Scitech and Digital APPARENTLY, Senate Bill 1599 is not moving as its author wants. But the author, world boxing

29 November 2018 ABS-CNB MANILA — Higher excise taxes on tobacco products will help fund the Universal Health Care Law, a senator who sought to

21 November 2018 Jakarta Post The sixth regional meeting of Smoke-Free Cities in the Asia-Pacific region was held in Hoi An, Vietnam, on Nov. 20

20 November 2018 Vietnam Plus Quang Nam (VNA) – The Smoke-free Cities ASEAN Network (SCAN) convened the 6th regional meeting in Hoi An city, the central

20 November 2018 Opalyn Mok Malay Mail GEORGE TOWN, Nov 20 — The Penang government has been recognised by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and

20 November 2018 Ha Linh The Saigon Times DANANG – Millions of leaflets with the slogan, “Say no to tobacco,” in three languages—Vietnamese, English and

6 November 2018: Mayor So Platong of Siem Reap City declared the administration workplace and its compound smoke-free. SEATCA’s Smoke-free Program Manager, Dr. Domilyn Villarreiz graced

26 November 2018 Aung Phay Kyi Soe MyanmarTimes The Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance has honoured Pindaya Caves in Shan State with an award for promoting

20 November 2018 Wendell C Balderas Inter Press Service BANGKOK, Thailand, Nov 20 2018 (IPS) – Thailand is set to become the first Asian country to