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Cig sellers fuming over retail bans
News, Post Reporters, Published on 09/07/2017
» Tobacco traders have slammed a new act on tobacco control, saying the legislation has been interpreted to bar stores from allowing customers to view cigarette products for "even a second".
Tobacco firms stall warning label plan
Online Reporters, Published on 26/08/2013
» The Central Administrative Court on Monday issued an injunction halting the introduction of a new ministerial requirement that would force tobacco manufacturers to enlarge warning labels on cigarette packets.
Tobacco case 'will set region standard'
News, Published on 11/08/2013
» The Central Administrative Court's impending ruling on the enlargement of cigarette health warnings will set a precedent for other countries planning to strengthen tobacco regulation, health activists say.
Scaring smokers
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 03/07/2013
» Will bigger, more frightening, warning labels on cigarette packages reduce the number of smokers in the country? Health experts and anti-smoking groups believe they will and the tobacco industry seems to agree.
Health groups back bigger warning pics
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 03/07/2013
» Health experts and anti-smoking groups have come out in support of the Public Health Ministry's bid to enlarge warning labels on cigarette packaging.
Tobacco group fumes at rule
Business, Published on 26/06/2013
» The Thai Tobacco Trade Association (TTTA) plans to sue the Public Health Ministry next week over its new law ordering tobacco firms to enlarge existing warning labels to cover 85% of the total visible space on cigarette packs.
Thailand sued over new cigarette warnings
Published on 25/06/2013
» Japan Tobacco has sued the Thai government over a plan to increase the size of health warnings on cigarette packages, and two more lawsuits will soon follow.
Big cigarette warnings draw dissent
Online Reporters, Published on 12/03/2013
» Two government departments have urged the Public Health Ministry to reconsider its plan to alter the size of the graphic warnings on cigarette packs.
No smoke without IRE
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 16/11/2012
» Forty-eight -year-old Wanchai Kusomboompol sells cigarettes at his mom-and-pop shop in Bangkok's Sam Yan area mostly to casual workers who buy fewer than 10 cigarettes per day on average.
Traders allege tapioca sneak
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 10/03/2012
» Cambodian tapioca pellets have flooded the Thai market, depressing the local price of fresh cassava and jeopardising the success of the government's tapioca mortgage scheme, says Teera Tantipanitkool, manager of the Thai Tapioca Trade Association (TTTA).