#tobacco News
Carbon & Climate
Amid industry decline, Asia’s media struggles to answer a hard question – should we stop accepting fossil fuel advertising?
No publisher in Asia has publicly rejected Big Oil ad dollars to date, and most provide a platform for fossil fuel brands, described by UN chief Antonio Guterres as "godfathers of climate chaos". Journalists and news consumers believe dirty energy advertising discredits climate-related content, but support for a tobacco-style ad ban is limited.
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.
#tobacco Opinion
As lobbyists flood plastic treaty talks, negotiators must uphold the rule of law to prevent corporate capture, including existing guidelines to stop the tobacco industry — a major source of plastic waste — from influencing policies.
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
