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Malaysia seeks to phase out tobacco smoking completely, a world’s first
Malaysia strives to become the first country in the world to put a complete end to smoking of tobacco, starting with the youngest generation.
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Japan Tobacco buys Philippine cigarette maker for close to $1 billion
Just shortly after Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte imposed a nationwide law that prohibits smoking in public, Japan Tobacco, the world's fourth-largest tobacco manufacturer, thought...
Smoking ban comes into force in the Philippines
Hard times for smokers in the Philippines began on July 23 when a nationwide smoking ban decree signed by President Rodrigo Duterte back in...
Smoking in public in the Philippines now carries up to four months jail time
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte got serious with his plans to ban public smoking all over the country by signing a respective executive order on...
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Indonesia to start construction of new capital in August
Indonesia’s government will start construction of the first government buildings at its new capital Nusantara in August, the country’s minister of public works and...
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Vietnam’s first metro line starts running at a loss
Vietnam’s first-ever finished metro line, the Hanoi Metro Line 2A, also known as Cat Linh-Ha Dong metro line, has been off to a soft...