Experts voiced concerns over the alarming prevalence of e-cigarette and heat cigarette smoking among young people in Vietnam during a conference held by the Ministry of Information and Communications in Ho Chi Minh City on July 23.
Thailand rolled out plain cigarette packaging on September 10, becoming the first in Asia to make what is called as an effective way to reduce the appeal of smoking.
The Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance (SEATCA) has applauded Indonesia for its move to block online cigarette advertising, as an attempt to protect young people from being exposed to tobacco, and urged other countries to follow suit.
May 31 of every year is World No Tobacco Day. The Thai Ministry of Public Health this year will again join hands with partner agencies to organise campaigns encouraging Thai people to quit smoking.
The Malaysian Government will not compromise with the smoking ban in all restaurants, food outlets and hawker stalls, Malaysian Health Minister Dzulkefly Ahmad told the press on November 14.
A three-month social media campaign against smoking was launched by the World Health Organisation (WHO) in Vietnam in partnership with key tobacco control partners in Hanoi on September 27.
The Action on Smoking and Health Foundation (ASH Thailand) has stressed on the importance of smoking control measures to discourage new smokers, help those who wish to quit smoking and protect non-smokers.
The World Health Organization has revealed that tobacco kills more than seven million people each year, and 80 percent of them live in low-and middle-income countries.
The rates of passive smoking both at home and workplaces in Vietnam declined from 73.1 percent and 55.9 percent in 2010 to 59.9 percent and 42.6 percent last year, respectively.
A meeting was held at the Hanoi National University of Education on May
29 in response to World No Tobacco Day (May 31) and the 2015 National No
Tobacco Week.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has urged Vietnam to fully implement
the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) on World No
Tobacco Day on May 31.
The Ministry of Health and relevant agencies will launch more
communications campaigns on legal documents targeting the building of a
non-smoking environment, said Luong Ngoc Khue, Director of the Health
Ministry’s Administration Department of Medical Services.
Nine northern and central provinces on July 4 signed a joint commitment
to building smoke-free workplace in a bid to curb ill effects of
cigarette smoking.
An anti-smoking publicity campaign was launched on February 22 in a bid
to raise people’s awareness on the ill effects the habit brings to both
smokers and non-smokers.
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