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Letters to the Editor

Source: South China Morning Post
Below are some letters to the editor printed on the South China Morning Post:
Honest businesses are [...]

Higher tax will reduce Vietnam tobacco deaths: WHO

First published: March 12, 2010
Source: Viet News Online
A 20 percent increase in tobacco tax may cause 100,000 fewer tobacco-related deaths [...]

Should Hong Kong remove all the ashtrays? Clear The Air comments

It is abundantly clear that the deliberately flawed laws are not working here in Hong Kong.
The onus to keep indoor [...]

Get tough on cigarette sales

Last updated: March 13, 2010
Source: South China Morning Post

Although it is illegal [...]

New Zealand: Call for tobacco to be dealt with the same way as meth

First published: March 10, 2010
Source: New Zealand Herald
The prospect of a black market springing up to fill the void of [...]

Reply to Vines - Letters to the Editor, SCMP

From: James Middleton [mailto:dynamco@netvigator.com]
Sent: Saturday, March 06, 2010 5:07 AM
To: ‘Letters to the Editor’; ‘john.lee@scmp.com‘
Subject: Reply to Vines

Your correspondent Stephen [...]

Tobacco control efforts targeting young people

First published: March 5, 2010
Source: HKSAR Government
Hong Kong (HKSAR) - Following is a question by the Hon Chan Hak-kan and [...]

Youth tobacco-control measures effective

First published: March 3, 2010
Source: Hong Kong’s Information Services Department
The percentage of smokers in the 15-19 age group in Hong [...]

Plain packs: tobacco industry bares its butts to bluff Rudd

Source: Croakey
Kevin Rudd has foreshadowed an imminent major announcement about prevention. The “P” word has featured in almost every speech [...]

Clear The Air’s Anti-Tobacco crusader questions Financial Secretary in phone-in

James Middleton, head of the Anti-Tobacco committee at Clear The Air, questions Hong Kong SAR’s Financial Secretary John Tsang about [...]