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Indonesia to keep current excise tax rates for tobacco products in 2025

FILE PHOTO: Cigarette butts are seen on the ashtray in Jakarta, Indonesia, May 31, 2024. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan/File Photo
ASEAN Business

Indonesia raises smoking age limit, will curb cigarette advertising

The new coalition government elected in October confirmed the repeal will happen on Tuesday as a matter of urgency, enabling it to scrap the law without seeking public comment,
International

New Zealand set to scrap world-first tobacco ban

Fu Heng e-commerce warehouse in Hangzhou (pictured) owned by EC World Reit. The Reit has secured renewal for one of two leases from China Tobacco for its other property in Hangzhou, Hengde Logistics.
Companies & Markets

EC World Reit secures renewal for one of two leases from China Tobacco

Australia will ban single-use disposable vapes, halt imports of non-prescription versions, and restrict how much nicotine e-cigarettes may contain.
International

Australia targets Big Tobacco in crackdown on vaping

A Singapore subsidiary of BAT also pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy to commit bank fraud and conspiracy to violate sanctions.
Companies & Markets

BAT Singapore pleads guilty to conspiracy over N Korea sanctions; parent to pay US$635 million to US

The increase in tobacco excise duty is expected to generate about S$100 million in additional revenue per year.
Economy & Policy

Budget 2023: Tobacco excise duty increased by 15%

Under legislation passed by New Zealand Parliament on Tuesday (Dec 13), cigarettes will be much weaker, more difficult to buy and permanently unavailable to anyone currently under 14 years old.
International

New Zealand stubs out smoking, passing wide-ranging tobacco ban

Malaysian Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin presented the Tobacco and Smoking Control Bill 2022 for a first reading in parliament on Wednesday (Jul 27).
International

Malaysia may join New Zealand in effort to ban some tobacco sales

In its report released on World No Tobacco Day, the WHO called the tobacco industry “one of the biggest polluters that we know of.”
Consumer & Healthcare

Big tobacco’s environmental impact is ‘devastating’: WHO

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