#tobacco News
Policy & Finance
WHO calls on Asian countries to quit tobacco farming
WHO advises Asian countries to stop subsidising tobacco farms and grow rice and vegetables instead. Asian countries devote more than a million hectares to tobacco cultivation.
Carbon & Climate
11 times sustainability wasn’t very funny in 2022
Eco-Business looks back at the handful of times the gloomy world of sustainability was amusing, sort of, in 2022.
Chronic obstructive lung disease is mainly due to environmental causes, but in poor Asian countries, smoking and indoor pollution from cooking are the leading causes.
A survey of advertising and PR executives in Australia finds discomfort among young people asked to create campaigns for big polluters. But how pervasive are these views elsewhere in a region still heavily dependent on fossil fuels?
#tobacco Opinion
Policy & Finance
Using fruity flavours and Pikachus to hook Pinoy youths on nicotine
A Philippine draft law is threatening to roll back measures protecting youths from smoking addiction. If passed, ramifications could extend beyond its borders.
#tobacco Press Releases
Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance
Asia Pacific cities gear up for more effective smoke-free implementation
Emancipate Indonesia
The tobacco industry reaps double benefits from children #SaveSmallHands
#tobacco Research
Emancipate Indonesia
#SaveSmallHands: the tobacco industry reaps double benefits from children
