LIFE

Smoking rate on the rise despite govt efforts

Online Reporters, Published on 27/05/2019

» More than 70,000 Thais die from smoking-related illnesses each year, and the number of new smokers — some as young as 10 years old — is on the rise, despite the country's decades-long effort to curb smoking rates, which was initiated by the late Privy Council president, Prem Tinsulanonda.