Pakistan To Print New Pictorial Health Warning On Cigarette Packs, Outers
January 29, 2019: The Ministry of National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination has issued a Notification to print new Pictorial Health Warning (PHW) on cigarette packs and outers. The size of new warning has been increased from 50% to 60%.
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Malaysia: Survey Shows Seven Out 10 Shops Get Incentives From Tobacco Groups
January 26, 2019: Roughly seven out of 10 retailers are participants of incentive programmes offered by tobacco companies as part of the latter’s promotional tactics and to boost cigarettes sales, a survey released yesterday has revealed.
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Australia comes to UK's rescue over plain packaging laws after Brexit
January 09, 2019: London: Australia has come to the rescue of Britain, providing the government with its world-leading plain packaging images for cigarettes, to use free-of-charge in the case of a chaotic no deal Brexit.
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Health Ministry eyes smoke-free universities next
January 08, 2019: PUTRAJAYA, Jan 8 — The Health Ministry announced plans today to expand no-smoking zones in all universities in the country this year, following a similar ban in restaurants. Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the proposal for both public and private tertiary education institutions comes ...
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