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[Asia, Asia-pacific] Thailand's anti-smoking YouTube hit
A Thai anti-smoking advert goes viral on Youtube with over two million views in two weeks and winning praise from around the world. ... This is a Thai anti-tobacco campaign titled Smoking Kids, and its creepy, urgent power comes from its reality-TV styl
Apr 14, 2013
Bangkok Post (th)
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Apr 14, 2013 12:51
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[Asia, Asia-pacific] 18 Vietnamese arrested for selling smuggled tobacco in Singapore
Singaporean authorities said Tuesday that two of 18 Vietnamese nationals arrested earlier this month for selling smuggled tobacco had been fined. Nguyen Thanh Tu, 25, and Truong Thanh Tung, 41, were fined 37,000 Singapore dollars (US$29,800) each as the
Apr 10, 2013
Thanh Nien (vn)
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Apr 10, 2013 15:13
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[Asia, Asia-pacific, Philippines] Asean to observe implementation of Davao City’s new smoking law
Government leaders from seven Asean member-countries have formed an observers’ mission here to take lessons on how the city government implements its own brand of a no-smoking ordinance, after this city gained prominence when it strictly enforced a simila
Apr 8, 2013
Business Mirror (ph)
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Apr 8, 2013 11:21
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[Asia-pacific, Malaysia] Sales of illegal cigarettes may be funding crime syndicates
High sales of illicit cigarettes may be funding crime syndicates in Malaysia and possibly neighbouring countries, claims the Confederation of Malaysian Tobacco Manufacturers (CMTM). Statistics presented for the latest Illicit Cigarette Study at a press c
Apr 4, 2013
Sun Daily (my)
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Apr 4, 2013 15:05
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[Africa, Asia-pacific, UK] Smoking poses TB risk to young
The link between tobacco consumption and tuberculosis could do for the developing world what lung cancer – among the most commonly cited smoking-related diseases – did in the west: drastically reduce smoking rates. “We’ve known for a long time that smoki
Mar 21, 2013
Financial Times (uk)
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Mar 30, 2013 10:44
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[Asia, Asia-pacific, China, India, Latin America, Russia] ARCHIVE: Tobacco use in 3 billion individuals from 16 countries: an analysis of nationally representative cross-sectional household surveys
The first wave of GATS showed high rates of smoking in men, early initiation of smoking in women, and low quit ratios, reinforcing the view that efforts to prevent initiation and promote cessation of tobacco use are needed to reduce associated morbidity
Aug 1, 2012
The Lancet (uk)
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Mar 28, 2013 09:39
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[Asia-pacific, Thailand] B50bn economic loss from smoking
Kanitta Bundhamcharoen, of the International Health Policy Programme Thailand, said on Tuesday the statistics were clear - the economic loss as a result of premature death from smoking each year was around 40.5 billion baht - comprising medical expenses a
Mar 5, 2013
Bangkok Post (th)
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Mar 5, 2013 09:59
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[Asia-pacific, UK] Research influences tobacco guidelines
Professor David Moles, of the Oral Health Services Research department at the Plymouth University Schools of Medicine and Dentistry, published his research on the prevalence of oral cancer in South Asians four years ago. It has now contributed towards n
Oct 27, 2012
This is Plymouth (Evening Herald News) (uk)
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Oct 28, 2012 00:32
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[Asia-pacific] Cigarettes Anyone?
I think that in the long run, with strong brands and fantastic loyalties of smokers, Philip Morris will keep prospering
Oct 23, 2012
MSNBC
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Oct 23, 2012 16:05
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[Asia-pacific, China, Philippines] Developing World Has 80 Percent of Tobacco-Related Deaths
According to the fourth edition of the Tobacco Atlas, put out by the American Cancer Society and the World Lung Foundation, tobacco use is the single most preventable cause of death in the world.
Oct 15, 2012
Inter Press Service (IPS)
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Oct 16, 2012 02:33