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[Asia-pacific, Australia] Interactive: Tobacco: The Last Frontier
In our Region / Tobacco Facts / The Industry
Aug 27, 2012
The Age (au)
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Aug 27, 2012 14:23
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[Asia-pacific, East Timor, Thailand] Butting out: how some countries are starting to put their health first
In 1991, 60 per cent of men in Thailand were smokers. Since then, the country has introduced some of south-east Asia's toughest smoking laws, with significant success. They include tax increases on cigarettes, advertising bans, anti-smoking campaigns, cle
Aug 26, 2012
The Age (au)
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Aug 25, 2012 23:37
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[Asia-pacific] In Indonesia, Big Tobacco hasn't got a worry
health experts warn of a humanitarian disaster looming in poorer countries, particularly in the Asia-Pacific region. ''They [cigarette companies] are just wilfully imposing a pandemic on developing countries,'' says Professor Mike Daube
Aug 26, 2012
The Age (au)
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Aug 25, 2012 23:29
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[Asia-pacific] Where the Marlboro man is still king
According to the latest Tobacco Atlas, . . . Pacific islanders are the world's heaviest smokers, with rates of 58 percent in Kiribati, 52.9 percent in Nauru, and 44 percent in Palau and Papua New Guinea.
Aug 23, 2012
Foreign Policy Magazine
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Aug 23, 2012 14:52
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[Asia-pacific, Australia, Indonesia] Groups reject tobacco conference
A coalition of civil society groups under the collective banner MATA has called on the government to withdraw its support for the World Tobacco Asia (WTA) conference, slated for Sept. 19. The coalition, comprising the Indonesian Consumers Protection Fou
Aug 10, 2012
Jakarta Post (id)
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Aug 13, 2012 15:26
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[Asia-pacific, Malaysia] DUDLEY: Smoking a cause for concern
From the standpoint of the population's wellbeing, public-health perspective and the need for productivity growth and national development, the increasing tobacco consumption indicators in our country are a distressing trend, one that will undoubtedly un
Jul 12, 2012
The Star (my)
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Jul 13, 2012 12:59
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[Asia-pacific, Thailand] A strategy to fight tobacco use together
The fight against tobacco in the region just got stronger. Some 50 “tobacco managers” from the South-East Asian Region have come together in Thimphu for the first time and drafted a strategy to strengthen its battle against tobacco use, the leading cause
Jul 12, 2012
Kuensel Online (bt)
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Jul 12, 2012 06:46
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[Asia-pacific, Thailand] Health meetings' high hopes
Around 60 high-level health officials from the Association of Southeast Asian nations, plus their colleagues from China, Japan and South Korea, met in Phuket last week . . . the meeting felt that all countries in the region should put graphic pictures on
Jul 10, 2012
Phuket News (th)
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Jul 10, 2012 08:42
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[Asia-pacific, Malaysia] Asean agrees to withdraw tobacco from Afta
Malaysia and Asean member nations have agreed to withdraw tobacco from the Asean Free Trade Area (AFTA) list for implementation by 2015. Health Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai said a consensus was reached at the 11th Asean Health Ministers Meeting at P
Jul 9, 2012
The Star (my)
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Jul 9, 2012 09:41
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[Asia-pacific, Philippines] Experts: COPD an epidemic 'time bomb'
Health experts have described chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) as an epidemic "time bomb" that may explode in the Asia-Pacific if no urgent actions are taken to curb the trend.
Jul 1, 2012
Philippine Star (ph)
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Jul 1, 2012 15:24