Vietnam has seen certain achievements made in tobacco harm prevention and control but challenges continue to emerge, including the increasing trend of smoking e-cigarettes, Associate Professor and Dr Luong Ngoc Khue has said.
Vietnam should not legalise the use of electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) and heated-tobacco-products (HTPs) immediately but conduct a pilot phase allowing the production, import and trading of this new-generation cigarettes in the country, officials have said.
Indonesia will raise the minimum price of cigarettes by an average of 35 percent from January next year, as part of the country’s efforts to reduce smoking rates.
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.
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 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.
Chairwoman of the Vietnamese National Assembly (NA) Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan had a working session with Secretary General of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Martin Chungong on the sidelines of the 138th IPU Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland, on March 25.
Singapore will ban tobacco products which are currently unavailable and
also existing smokeless ones in the local market from mid-December 2015,
the country’s Ministry of Health has announced.
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