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Asean News Headlines as at 9pm on Thursday (April 28)
News highlights from Asean countries in the Star-AseanPlus section for Thursday (April 28)
Hong Kong ban on e-cigarettes to start April 30
HONG KONG (China Daily/Asia News Network): The Hong Kong government on Thursday (April 28) reminded the public that the ban on the importation and sale of alternative smoking products (ASPs), like electronic cigarettes, will take effect on April 30.
Climate change and human health are intimately linked
Our common biosphere means that environmental and health issues need to be urgently tackled together.
Snuffing out tobacco products
KAJANG: Laws to ban the sale of cigarettes and tobacco products to Malaysians born after Jan 1, 2005, will be tabled in Parliament in July, says Khairy Jamaluddin.
Study shows nearly 190,000 smokers under 12 in Malaysia, says Health Ministry
KUALA LUMPUR: A previous study revealed that 188,020 children below 12 smoke either conventional cigarettes and e-cigarettes, says the Health Ministry.
Building a smoke free generation
Sunday Star speaks to respiratory physician Dr Helmy Haja Mydin, who was recently appointed technical advisor for the Health Ministry’s new tobacco and smoking legislation, on what we can expect to see in the new law that aims to protect future cohorts from the harms of smoking.
Govt must not resort to new, higher taxes to pay Philippines debt: senatorial candidate
MANILA (Philippine Daily Inquirer/Asia News Network): Senatorial candidate Francis Escudero is urging the national government not to resort to imposing new and higher taxes to settle the country’s debts as Filipinos are still reeling from the impact of the pandemic.
Analysts slash BAT’s FY22 earnings forecast
PETALING JAYA: While British American Tobacco (M) Bhd (BAT) has met analysts’ earnings estimates for the financial year 2021 (FY21), the company’s outlook isn’t rosy for this year.
Structural challenges for BAT in smoking 'Generation End-Game'
KUALA LUMPUR: British American Tobacco (Malaysia) Bhd could be faced with structural challenges should policymakers push ahead with a proposal that will pave the way towards eliminating the use of tobacco in the country.
