Production Report – February 2021

New Zealand

February 5 Aus Vape
Aotearoa Vapers Community Advocacy Wants Non-Vapers To Remember That Vaping Is Helping Others Quit Smoking
https://bit.ly/3u0j1pb

February 5 Voxy
Still Time To Follow The Evidence On Vape Flavours
http://www.voxy.co.nz/politics/5/381297

February 5 Scoop
Still Time To Follow The Evidence On Vape Flavours
https://bit.ly/2OH4tL8

February 4 The Vape Report
Still Time To Follow The Evidence On Vape Flavours
https://bit.ly/2Zk5afl

February 1 Planet of the Vapes
Get It Right
https://www.planetofthevapes.co.uk/news/vaping-news/2021-02-01_get-it-right.html

Philippines

February 19 People’s Journal
More Public Discourse, Better Options
https://journal.com.ph/editorial/opinion/more-public-discourse-better-options/

February 19 Manila Times
Right Info New Laws Could End Cigarettes
https://www.manilatimes.net/2021/02/19/news/national/right-info-new-laws-could-end-cigarettes/842623/

February 18 Manila Standard
Right Information Needed to Accelerate End to Cigarettes
https://manilastandard.net/business/biz-plus/347363/right-information-needed-to-accelerate-end-to-cigarettes.html

February 18 Maharlika TV
PMI Exec Pushes for Public Discussions on Better Alternatives to Cigarettes
https://maharlika.tv/2021/02/18/pmi-exec-pushes-for-public-discussions-on-better-alternatives-to-cigarettes/

February 18 Metro News
Central PMI supports Smoke-Free Philippines
http://metronewscentral.net/metro-business/in-and-around-the-metro/philip-morris-supports-smoke-free-philippines

February 18 People’s Journal
PMI Exec Pushes for Public Discussions on Better Alternatives to Cigarettes
https://journal.com.ph/news/nation/pmi-exec-pushes-for-public-discussions-on-better-alternatives-to-cigarettes-2/

February 11 Manila Times
Rebuff Grant for Policy Schemes, Countries Urged
https://bit.ly/3qoXc0z

February 10 Manila Standard
Asian Countries Asked to Rebuff Bloomberg’s policy interference
https://bit.ly/37gWkDs

February 10 People’s Journal
Column Decline Delightful Foreign Overtures
https://journal.com.ph/editorial/opinion/decline-delightful-foreign-overtures/

February 10 Republika
Asian Countries Asked to Rebuff Bloomberg’s Policy Interference
https://republika-online.com/asian-countries-asked-to-rebuff-bloombergs-policy-interference/

February 10 Maharlika TV
CAPHRA warns against grant-for-policy schemes
https://maharlika.tv/2021/02/10/caphra-warns-against-grant-for-policy-scheme-of-bloomberg/

February 10 People’s Journal
CAPHRA warns against grant-for-policy schemes
https://journal.com.ph/news/nation/caphra-warns-against-grant-for-policy-scheme-of-bloomberg-2/

February 9 Metro NewsCentral
Asian Group Warns Govt Against Grant-for-Policy Scheme of Bloomberg
https://bit.ly/3qjWaCR

Thailand

February 15 Thansettakij
Finance Minister: Cigarette Smuggling is No Excuse to Reduce Cigarette Tax
https://www.thansettakij.com/content/money_market/468684

February 15 Thai PBS
Smuggled Cigarettes are Openly Available in Bangkok
https://news.thaipbs.or.th/content/301432

February 14 Prachachat
Finance Minister Recommends Researches be Conducted in Support of Lung-Nourishing Cigarette Development
https://www.prachachat.net/finance/news-612862

February 14 Bangkok Biz News
Teenage Smokers are Encouraged to Give Up Cigarettes for Sweethearts
https://www.bangkokbiznews.com/news/detail/922458

February 11 Chiang Mai News
Mae Hong Son Prepares Stricter Measures to Make Schools Smoking Free
https://www.chiangmainews.co.th/page/archives/1579568/

February 10 MGR Online
South’s Smuggled Cigarettes Point to Corruption
https://mgronline.com/crime/detail/9640000013138

February 10 Naewna
Probe into FDA’s Funding in the Philippines
https://www.naewna.com/inter/551662/preview

February 9 Komchadluek
Academic Recommends 23% Cigarette Tax Rate
https://www.komchadluek.net/news/economic/457830

February 8 Post Today
Doctor Warns of Cancer Risk from Incense Stick/Firecracker Smoke
https://www.posttoday.com/life/healthy/644712

February 6 Voice TV
Bangkok’s Polluted Air Equals Exposure to 1,270 Smoked Cigarettes a Year
https://voicetv.co.th/read/gZwg07mad

GLOBAL

MANILA February 13 Vaping Post
Bloomberg Funding to Philippines FDA May Have Violated US Laws
https://www.vapingpost.com/2021/02/13/bloomberg-funding-to-philippines-fda-may-have-violated-us-laws/

MANILA February 1 Vaping Post
Philippines Lawmakers reiterate need for an investigation into FDA Funding
https://www.vapingpost.com/2021/01/27/philippines-lawmakers-reiterate-need-for-an-investigation-into-fda-funding/

MANILA February 5 Manila Standard
Foreign interference in policy-making unraveled
https://manilastandard.net/mobile/article/346151?fbclid=IwAR2y7iutHzfI5HaBtd446di7YLdqH-RGkYmN1YdwukEcZditRu7ncs54uXI

BANGKOK February 4 Siam Rath
National Park in Satun Declares itself Smoke-Free Zone
https://siamrath.co.th/n/217278

BANGKOK February 3 MGR Online
Quitting, Campaigning against Smoking Make You Safe from Cigarette-Related Cancer
https://mgronline.com/greeninnovation/detail/9640000011056

BANGKOK February 3 Siam Rath
E-Cigarette Seller Arrested in Sattahip
https://siamrath.co.th/n/217112