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 of the global tobacco industry, who were holding a conference in a country with some of the strictest tobacco controls in Asia.  Here are some of the pictures from the Tabinfo Asia 2009. (www.time.com)

 

Link for some of the news article on the story: http://bangkokpost.net/news/local/27176/ttm-withdraws-tobacco-goods http://www.nationmultimedia.com/home/2009/11/11/national/Industry-dodges-ad-bans-by-pushing-smokes-online-30116297.html http://www.malaysiakini.com/letters/117082   http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1938434,00.html http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2009/11/12/national/national_30116381.php http://sg.news.yahoo.com/ap/20091111/tap-as-thailand-tobacco-protest-7934085.html http://english.ntdtv.com/ntdtv_en/ns_asia/2009-11-11/832403850111.html http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/thailand/091113/asias-pushback-big-tobacco