While saying that the luxury tax rate on tobacco must be raised, experts have suggested setting up a tax increase roadmap so that the market surveillance team has enough time to cope with smuggling.

With cigarette prices in Vietnam among the lowest in the region, health experts are advocating for significant tax hikes to curb smoking rates and protect public health.

As trendy designs mask deadly consequences, the Ministry of Health is calling for a nationwide ban on new-generation tobacco products.

Minister of Health Dao Hong Lan has urged the National Assembly to pass a resolution banning e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products, warning of the serious health risks they pose to Vietnam’s youth.

Amid increasing use, especially among high school students, the Health Ministry highlights the health and societal dangers posed by these unapproved products.

Minister of Health Dao Hong Lan has addressed growing concerns over the widespread use of e-cigarettes among students.

 India's $11 billion tobacco industry has urged the government to take a softer line on tobacco control efforts when it hosts a World Health Organization conference in New Delhi next month,

 A new global fund is being launched to help developing countries fend off challenges to tobacco control measures by cigarette makers.

 Smoking is a big problem in China, the world's largest tobacco consumer, and now the World Health Organization (WHO) wants tobacco warning labels to be more vivid.

 An employee who smokes costs his or her employer nearly $6,000 (4,500 euros) more per year than a non-smoker, according to a study of the United States published on Monday in the journal Tobacco Control.