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Covering geo-political news and current affairs across Asia

Tag: Smoking

Posted inOpinion

Tobacco lobby cynically undermines Middle East health policy

by Jonathan Gornall February 10, 2022February 10, 2022

We humans are notoriously bad at estimating risk. Most people fear flying far more than driving, even though the odds of dying in a car accident (1 in 107 in the US, for example) are far higher than perishing in an aircraft crash (about 1 in 11 million). What we are really good at, however, […]

A man lights a cigarette along a road in Mumbai, India. Photo: Reuters/Danish Siddiqui
Posted inInterview

Leading anti-tobacco advocate appeals for WHO transparency

by Sachi Satapathy November 23, 2021November 23, 2021
A man lights a cigarette along a road in Mumbai, India. Photo: Reuters/Danish Siddiqui
Posted inOpinion

India urged to ramp up anti-tobacco policies

by Sachi Satapathy October 11, 2021October 11, 2021
Posted inOpinion

Rising tobacco use among rural Indian women demands action

by Sachi Satapathy March 25, 2021March 25, 2021
A Thai Buddhist monk in front of an anti-smoking billboard displayed at a Zoo in Bangkok. Photo: AFP/Pornchai Kitiwongsak
Posted inInterview

Expert urges innovations in tobacco control

by Sachi Satapathy August 30, 2020August 28, 2020
Posted inHealth

Smoking may protect against Covid-19, study shows

by Adrian Bauman, Leah Shepherd and Melody Ding May 17, 2020May 17, 2020
MTR train in Hong Kong
Photo: iStock
Posted inChina, Hong Kong, South Asia

Men seen on video smoking, kicking doors of Hong Kong MTR train

by Asia Times staff January 4, 2019February 18, 2020
A Vietnamese man lights a cigarette. Photo: iStock
Posted inAT Finance, Vietnam, World

Vietnam promotes a smoking-free environment

by Asia Times staff November 22, 2018February 18, 2020
Electronic cigarettes have been banned in Thailand. Photo: AFP/Helmut Fohringer/APA
Posted inAT Finance, Thailand, World

Call to overturn ban on e-cigarettes in Thailand

by Dusita Maneemuang October 17, 2018February 18, 2020
A Thai Buddhist monk in front of an anti-smoking billboard displayed at a Zoo in Bangkok. Photo: AFP/Pornchai Kitiwongsak
Posted inAT Finance, Australia, Cambodia, Oceania, Thailand, World

Increase in Thai cigarette tax leaves some fuming

by Dusita Maneemuang October 4, 2018February 18, 2020
2-year-old Rapi loves having coffee with his cigarettes. Captured from Youtube; Video by Viral Press.
Posted inAT Finance, Indonesia

Mum gives her toddler 40 cigarettes a day to keep him quiet

by Asia Times staff August 16, 2018February 18, 2020
Three children were seen smoking in the streets of Santa Mesa, Manila in the Philippines. Photos: iStock, Google Maps
Posted inAT Finance, Middle East, Philippines

Viral video catches Filipino children smoking in Manila

by Asia Times staff July 3, 2018February 18, 2020
Judge's gavel and syringe. Image: iStock
Posted inAT Finance, Australia, Cambodia, China, France, Indonesia, Malaysia, Oceania, Philippines, Singapore, South Asia, Thailand, Vietnam, World

Capital punishment far from dead in Southeast Asia

by David Hutt June 21, 2018
New Town Plaza in Sha Tin, New Territories. Photos: Google Maps, Wikipedia Commons, Challiyil Eswaramangalath Vipin
Posted inChina, Hong Kong

Netizens slam maid for smoking while holding a baby

by Asia Times staff September 7, 2017February 18, 2020
Philip Morris International CEO Andre Calantzopoulos has been an 'IQOS' user "since the first prototype" landed on his desk
Posted inAT Finance, Australia, China, Hong Kong, Italy, Japan, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, Thailand, United Kingdom, World

Asia, nicotine and new fronts in the future of ‘smoking’

by Kenny Hodgart July 17, 2017February 18, 2020
Sweden has a remarkably low percentage of smokers – and for a specific reason. Photo: Reuters/Thomas White
Posted inUncategorized

How Sweden’s switch to snus could be a lesson for the rest of us

by Admin June 22, 2017June 21, 2017

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