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[Asia-pacific, China] Are e-cigarettes all smoke and mirrors? One man’s quest for clean Hong Kong air
Antonio Kwong, chairman of the Hong Kong Council on Smoking and Health, is worried about a new trend targeted at young people or those who want to quit smoking
Apr 21, 2018
South China Morning Post
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Apr 21, 2018 16:06
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O'NEILL: Should Hong Kong ban e-cigarettes?
Next month Hong Kong’s Legislative Council will discuss a regulatory framework for e-cigarettes and other new tobacco products. What should it do? It could follow the example of Macau and Singapore. In January, Macau amended its Tobacco Prevention and C
Mar 26, 2018
EJ Insight (Hong Kong Economic Journal) (hk)
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Mar 26, 2018 14:47
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[Asia, Hong Kong] E-cigarette use soars in HK in short time span
more citizens have tried electronic smoking devices, including electronic cigarettes and heat-not-burn tobacco products, compared to a survey in 2015. The number of daily e-cigarette users was 5,700 persons in 2017, while no significant number was record
Mar 22, 2018
Hong Kong Standard (hk)
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Mar 23, 2018 14:58
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[Asia-pacific, China, Hong Kong] Fears tobacco giants will use TPP to sue Australia over plain packaging as secrecy shrouds legal costs in Philip Morris case
Political party says the newly signed Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact, which contains similar clauses to the Hong Kong deal, could prompt more costly challenges in The Hague
Mar 10, 2018
South China Morning Post
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Mar 15, 2018 17:01
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[Asia-pacific] LETTER: Will e-cigarettes see Hong Kong side with science or fearmongering on tobacco use?
Policymakers elsewhere should be mindful that rejection of reduced health risk because of inadequate evidence does not automatically prove that the product is as harmful as traditional cigarettes. Unfortunately, the Hong Kong Council on Smoking and Health
Feb 28, 2018
South China Morning Post
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Feb 28, 2018 17:40
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[Asia, Hong Kong] MACKAY: Ombudsman report a smoking gun on lax tobacco control
Judith Mackay recommends authorities seize the opportunity to enforce legislation against lighting up in bars and restaurants, which after all are workplaces / The reason for this goes back to the inadequacy of the 2007 smoke-free law, which penalizes
Feb 26, 2018
China Daily (cn)
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Feb 26, 2018 04:07
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[Asia, Hong Kong] Smokers in clouds over new lighting up
Philip Morris claims that without combustion, fire, ash or smoke the levels of harmful chemicals produced are 90-95 percent lower than traditional cigarettes. The Legislative Council will discuss a regulatory framework for e-cigarettes in April, and wh
Feb 22, 2018
Hong Kong Standard (hk)
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Feb 24, 2018 00:01
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[Hong Kong] Ombudsman calls out govt over poor smoking-ban enforcement
The agencies that were called out for their lapses included the Tobacco Control Office (TCO) of the Department of Health, the Food and Health Bureau (FHB) and the Leisure and Cultural Services Department (LCSD), the Hong Kong Economic Journal reports. I
Feb 2, 2018
EJ Insight (Hong Kong Economic Journal) (hk)
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Feb 2, 2018 15:46
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[Asia-pacific, Hong Kong] Arrested ex-CIA agent was fired from tobacco firm after suspicions he was spying for China
A former colleague of ex-CIA agent Jerry Chun Shing Lee – who was arrested in the United States on Monday – has revealed details of how he was fired from a cigarette company in Hong Kong amid suspicions he was leaking sensitive information to Chinese auth
Jan 19, 2018
South China Morning Post
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Jan 19, 2018 10:13
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[Asia-pacific, Hong Kong] LETTER: Billions in tax lost to illegal tobacco gangs
we believe at most a moderate and consistent excise increase in line with inflation is the most effective approach to balance the government’s tobacco control objectives with the fight against organised crime. Members of Hong Kong United Against Illici
Jan 2, 2018
South China Morning Post
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Jan 12, 2018 04:01