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[Philippines, Thailand] Manila presses cigarette complaint

President Benigno Aquino said Wednesday he intends to push the country's trade complaint that Thailand was using unfair taxes to discriminate against cigarettes made in the Philippines.
Bangkok Post (th)
added Jan 30, 2013 11:04
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Thailand sees 1000 new juvenile smokers daily

Fifty per cent of Thai men at the age of being fathers are smokers, while new juvenile smoking is reported at 1,000 persons a day, according to Thailand’s tobacco control expert.
Pattaya Mail (th)
added Jan 14, 2013 00:04
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[Thailand] Peer pressure on students to smoke

When everyone else around them is smokking, young people are more likely to take up the habit, a Thai study finds
Bangkok Post (th)
added Jan 10, 2013 09:03
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[Thailand] Thai toddlers victims of second hand tobacco smoke

Nearly 90 per cent of Thai children, aged under five, are at risk of damage from second hand smoke from their parents who use tobacco, according to research revealed today. Siriwan Pitayarangsan, director of the Tobacco Control Research Knowledge and Man
Pattaya Mail (th)
added Dec 6, 2012 09:19
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[Canada, Thailand] Video: Kids ask for light in anti-smoking ad

The Thai Health Promotion Foundation came up with the most inspiring anti-smoking ad. Take a look.
Vancouver (BC) Sun (ca)
added Dec 1, 2012 13:51
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[Thailand] Prakit: Tax tobacco, not just cigarettes

Thailand should gradually increase excise tax on tobacco . . . Prakit Vathesatogkit, a prominent tobacco control advocate. He said the inappropriate tax structure between cigarette and tobacco was the weakest factor in the country's failed efforts to re
Bangkok Post (th)
added Nov 22, 2012 12:27
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[China, India, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam] ADB: High tobacco prices save lives

Smoking-related deaths in Thailand and four other Asian countries where tobacco use is amongst the highest in the world would drop by 20% if cigarette prices were doubled by increased taxation, according to an Asian Development Bank study relased on Tue
Bangkok Post (th)
added Nov 13, 2012 09:59
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[China, India, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam] ADB: High tobacco prices save lives

Smoking-related deaths in Thailand and four other Asian countries where tobacco use is amongst the highest in the world would drop by 20% if cigarette prices were doubled by increased taxation, according to an Asian Development Bank study relased on Tues
Bangkok Post (th)
added Nov 13, 2012 09:51
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[China, India, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam] ADB supports higher taxes for PHL cigarettes

The Asian Development Bank is supportive of higher taxes on Philippine cigarettes as the country, along with four other Asian nations, is likely to post the most number of smoking-related deaths in the world. In a report titled "Tobacco taxes: A win-win
GMANews.TV (ph)
added Nov 13, 2012 09:45
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[China, India, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam] Higher tobacco taxes to save millions of lives in Asia: ADB study

Increasing cigarette prices via higher taxes imposed on manufacturers will save more than 27 million lives in five Asian countries, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said in a study released Tuesday. The Manila-based lender said increasing the price of ci
Xinhua Newswire
added Nov 13, 2012 03:53
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