Regional group says curbs still needed
Jump to full article: Bangkok Post (th), 2008-03-30
Author: Karn Apornhiranyaras
Intro: Anti-smoking advocates from around Southeast Asia have agreed on the need to work together to push for the enforcement of a comprehensive ban on the promotion and advertising of tobacco products.
The need to combat what they said was increasingly subtle and sophisticated tobacco marketing was stressed at a two-day workshop that ended on Friday, organised by the Bangkok-based Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance (Seatca) and the Health Promotion Board of Singapore.
The aim of the gathering was for participants from the region to share their experiences and lessons in anti-smoking campaigns and to address the need to tighten controls on anti-tobacco laws among Southeast Asian countries under Article 13 of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control of the World Health Organisation.
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