www.cleartheair.org.hk, James Middleton, Chairman of anti tobacco committee, 2010-2-18
James Middleton had written a letter to Financial Secretary about Tobacco tax. [...]
Posts under ‘clear the air’
A letter to Financial Secretary
It is high time the HKSAR Government expanded the Tobacco Control Office
Macau has a population of 544,000 (source: Macau News) compared to Hong Kong’s 7 million.
Their new Tobacco Control Office will [...]
Raise tobacco tax to be on par with other cities
SCMP, Lisa Lau, chairwoman, Hong Kong Council on Smoking and Health
3rd Feb, 2010
In his 2009 budget speech a year [...]
No exception on cigarettes advertisements, the same as newspaper stands
Advertisements may have great influence on our next generation, especially the cigarette advertisements. According to the statistic from the [...]
Price tobacco out of reach
SCMP
World Health Organisation and World Bank data shows that a 10 per cent increase in tobacco tax reduces overall smoking [...]
Blitz operations against smoking offence in FEHD venues
Source: http://7thspace.com/headlines/321687/blitz_operations_against_smoking_offence_in_fehd_venues.html
Hong Kong (HKSAR) - The Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD) and the Tobacco Control Office (TCO) of Department [...]
Holyrood
An email sent from Sheila Duffy, Chief Executive, ASH Scotland
To James Middleton, Clear The Air
I wanted to drop you an [...]
Cigarette firms feeling burned by rise in tax
Dan Kadison, SCMP
Several tobacco companies are feeling the burn from the government’s anti-smoking efforts, according to a member of an [...]
Smoking GI Joes will be a dying breed if report has its way
Agence France-Presse - SCMP
The iconic image of the US soldier, muddy and tired, with a cigarette hanging from his mouth [...]