Making Malaysia tobacco-free
19 September 2021 Dr Mohammad Fadzley, Muhammad Sha’ani Abdullah and Dr Khor Swee Kheng Source: The Star Malaysia Stronger laws to control the sale and
Philippines: Three govt agencies put pressure on Congress to scrap bill on vapes, e-cigarettes
16 September 2021 Klaire Ting. Source: Vera files The Department of Health (DOH), Department of Education (DepEd) and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) joined medical
13th Asia Pacific Conference on Tobacco or Health Declaration
Conference theme: Professional Alliance Moving Together for a Tobacco-Free Society This year, the 13th Asia Pacific Conference on Tobacco or Health (APACT13) takes place virtually
Vape use could lead to alcohol and illegal drug use ー health experts
1 September 2021 Reiven Pascasio. Source: VERA files Electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) smoking or vaping could open the way for the youth and non-smokers to use
Indonesia: The tobacco industry reaps double benefits from children #SaveSmallHands
30 August 2021 Source: Emancipate Indonesia Today, Emancipate Indonesia and Lentera Anak Foundation disseminated the study results on how the tobacco industry reaps benefits from
Philippines: Youth groups urge senate to junk vape bill
24 August 2021 Dang Samson Garcia. Source: The Post DIFFERENT youth and student organizations on Monday urged the Senate to junk a measure that relaxes
Philippines: Medical professionals, health experts call for stronger tobacco control measures
16 August 2021 Jhon Aldrin Casinas Source: Manila Bulletin Members of medical professional associations and public health experts have called on Monday, Aug. 16 for
Policy incoherence and tobacco control in Indonesia: an analysis of the national tobacco-related policy mix
6 August 2021 Elisabeth Kramer, Abdillah Ahsan, Vaughan W Rees Source: BMJ Journals Abstract Introduction Indonesia has a high smoking prevalence that has not diminished significantly
A corporate cloud over the right to health
10 August 2021 Dr. Ulysses Dorotheo Source: Asia Democracy Chronicles Despite more than half a century’s worth of evidence detailing tobacco’s deadly health consequences, the
How governments can protect people and earn more revenue
29 July 2021 Source: The Phnom Penh Post The Covid-19 outbreak has put families, the economy and the country under tremendous pressure. Protecting public health
Cigarette packs in Cambodia to have new pictorial warnings from 1st Aug 2021
Press Release: CAMBODIA MOVEMENT FOR HEALTH Phnom Penh, 20 July 2012: Starting 1st Aug 2021 onwards, all cigarette packs sold in Cambodia shall have new
[OPINION] Tobacco, vape groups are bullying public health advocates in a pandemic
15 July 2021 Anna Bueno. Source: Rappler ‘For decades, it is the [tobacco] industry and its front groups that have lied, deceived, and manipulated the
Singapore’s smoking rate falls to 10.1% in 2020, just shy of target
11 July 2021 Cheryl Goh. Source: Channel News Asia Video Singapore’s smoking rate dropped from 10.6 per cent in 2019 to 10.1 per cent last
Philippines: Singson’s tobacco tax remarks blasted by think tank
8 July 2021 Source: BusinessMirror Economic think tank Action for Economic Reforms (AER) slammed Ilocos Sur Mayor Chavit Singson for criticizing the recent tobacco-tax increases.
Philippines: ‘Neither allies nor friends’
3 June 2021 Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer Public health advocates led by four former secretaries of the Department of Health (DOH) marked World No Tobacco
Philippines: Former health chiefs, medical sector groups denounce tobacco industry’s ‘tactics’ to ease government control
30 May 2021 Source: Business world FORMER health secretaries, medical sector groups and health advocates have slammed the tobacco industry for strategies that allegedly aim
Commentary: How the tobacco industry wrote the ‘fake news’ playbook
30 May 2021 Anna Bueno. Source: Philstar In case you didn’t know, there’s a website dedicated to 14 million documents that expose the tobacco industry’s
Tobacco use in PH: Health, income going up in smoke
2 June 2021 Cristina Eloisa Baclig. Source: Inquirer MANILA, Philippines—Every June, the Philippines celebrates No Smoking Month, during which Filipinos are being encouraged to stop
Is the Philippines’ CSR Bill a Trojan Horse for corporate interests?
31 May 2021 Kristine Fonacier, Source: Eco-Business Without the proper safeguards in place, a bill that incentivises CSR programs might instead open the door to
Philippines: Opposition to lowering the age of access to e-cigs snowballs
22 May 2021 Source: Opinyon News Team As the House of Representatives pass on second reading a bill regulating e-cigarettes, two former health secretaries have
Philippines: COVID-19 donations of tobacco firms ‘wolf in sheep’s clothing’ – law group
17 May 2021 Ralf Rivas, Source: Rappler ‘The tobacco industry has a long history of using so-called corporate social responsibility or CSR to interfere with
Philippines: DILG: No liquor, cigarettes in community pantries
28 April 2021 Melissa Luz Lopez, CNN Philippines Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, April 28) – The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) will prohibit the
Malaysia: Ban alternative tobacco products to save lives
3 November 2020 Dr Mohamad Haniki Nik Mohamed, New StraitsTimes: LETTER: I am responding to the letter, “The need for alternative products” by John Soosai
Malaysia: Time to increase tax on tobacco companies
7 October 2020 New Strait Times: LETTERS: A tobacco company sponsored black bus that has been driving around the streets of Kuala Lumpur recently, must be
Malaysia needs innovative fiscal measures for sustainable health financing
15 May 2020 Yen Lian Tan, East Asia Forum Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) accounted for 73 per cent of total deaths in Malaysia in 2015, with