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Background
Each year, 540 million Chinese are exposed to secondhand smoke (SHS), resulting in more than 100,000 deaths. Smoke-free policies have been demonstrated to decrease overall cigarette consumption, encourage smokers to quit, and protect the health of nonsmokers. However, restrictions on smoking in China remain limited and ineffective. […]
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‘‘Efforts to Reprioritise the Agenda’’ in China: British American Tobacco’s Efforts to Influence Public Policy on Secondhand Smoke in China
Up In Smoke
HK-magazine.com - December 26th, 2008
In six months, the government will lay down the final piece in its smoking-ban puzzle. The staggered anti-smoking legislation—first all indoor workplaces and eateries in January 2007, all bars and nightclubs in July 2009—has caused nothing but confusion and chaos since its passing in 2006. And now comes another problem: do […]
Tobacco Hike What Doc Orders
Adele Wong, The Standard - Tuesday, December 09, 2008
An anti-smoking activist has called on the government to drastically increase tax on cigarettes since they cost less in real terms today than seven years ago when the tax was last raised.
Professor Judith Mackay, director of the Asian Consultancy on Tobacco Control and senior policy adviser to […]
Kill The Tobacco Industry, Or It Will Keep Killing
Simon Chapman and Becky Freeman - The Sydney Morning Herald | October 3, 2008
This month in Rio de Janeiro, the global tobacco industry’s annual conference features a special session on what many are seeing as its Armageddon: plain, generic packaging. All packs are identical except for the brand name, printed […]
Where There’s Smoke
Indonesia is a world leader in cigarette consumption, but health advocates face an uphill battle in the face of a powerful tobacco lobby and seemingly indifferent politicians
Fabio Scarpello - SCMP - Updated on Sep 25, 2008
The performance by American singer Alicia Keys in Jakarta in July was notable for more than just the quality of […]
Cigarette Makers Still Lure Region’s Youth
Shigeru Omi - SCMP - Updated on May 29, 2008
Did you smoke when you were 13? I did, and so did many of my friends. In those days, it was second nature for youngsters to smoke. Boys did it because they thought it made them look and feel more like men: distinguished, respected, feared. For […]
South African Govt To Amend Tobacco Act To Promote Healthy Lifestyles
Date: 05 May 2008 http://www.buanews.gov.za/view.php?ID=08050516151003&coll=buanew08
Title: Govt to amend Tobacco Act to promote healthy lifestyles
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By Vivian Warby
Cape Town - The Health Portfolio Committee is to hold hearings on amendments to the Tobacco Control Act to further enhance the control of tobacco products and promote healthy lifestyles.
Addressing a Social Cluster briefing on Monday, Health Minister […]
A Stricter And Wider Ban On Smoking In Public Places
An Inconvenient Truth
Beijing Review - April 23, 2008 - Li Li
Only a stricter and wider ban on smoking in public places will rid China of the health burdens caused by tobacco
On the eve of the national publicity week for tumor prevention and control starting on April 14, Wu Yilong, Deputy Principal of Guangdong Provincial People’s […]
The Best Way To Quit Smoking?
Bangkok - Higher taxes on tobacco are the most effective way for governments to combat the health and social costs of smoking, experts attending a World Health Organisation (WHO) meeting said on Tuesday.
“Higher taxes on tobacco lead to higher prices for tobacco products, which immediately discourage non-smokers from starting and current smokers from continuing with […]
FCTC Requirements For Hong Kong
Below is a response from Dr Edmund FONG (for the Director of Health), to questions asked by James Middleton of Clear The Air regarding FCTC requirements for Hong Kong
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Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008
Dear Mr Middleton,
I refer to your email on 19 January and our interim reply on 25 January 2008 regarding the implementation of World […]
