webfact Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 American tobacco company moves to block new tobacco law in ThailandBANGKOK, 4 May 2015 (NNT)-The Action on Smoking and Health Foundation Thailand (ASH Thailand) has claimed that a giant American tobacco company is trying to prevent Thailand from passing a law on tobacco control.According to ASH Thailand Secretary General Professor Dr. Prakit Watheesathokkij, Philip Morris International submitted a letter to the Ministry of Public Health discouraging the new legislation.The company indicated that Thailand only needed to educate its citizens more about the harmful effects of smoking and use the existing laws to prevent new smokers.Philip Morris International earns as much as three billion baht a year from selling tobacco products in Thailand.Prof Dr. Prakit added that the company also tried to prevent the US Food and Drug Administration from enforcing the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act 2009.He said it is important for Thailand to pass the law to prevent younger people from becoming addicted to smoking and the overall well-being of Thai people.-- NNT 2015-05-04 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toybits Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 Tobacco smoking should be banned forever. It should only be used as a pesticide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaphod reborn Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 Tobacco smoking should be banned forever. It should only be used as a pesticide. Yep, wean them off tobacco and get them onto pot. Pot is good for the economy and health of the nation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IMA_FARANG Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 I'm old enough to remember the adverts in the 1950's (late 1950's) for Philip Morris cigarettes with the boy carrying a telephone in a hotel, and crying the slogan, "Call for Philip Morris" as though he had a phone call for a hotel guest. Mr. Philip Morris. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daiwill60 Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 And who are these farang companies to tell us what to do? P. Morris has little chance of winning a case in Thailand, unless the deciding person is a short time to live, paid off member of the Marlboro man club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
halloween Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 Be a "Marlboro Man" - die of lung cancer (or other smoking related disease). http://www.snopes.com/radiotv/tv/marlboro.asp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DM07 Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 How about educating people (without demonizing smokers and smoking) and then let them make an informed decision, how they want to ruin their lives? ...oh...educating...I see the flaw in my argument! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
halloween Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 Tobacco smoking should be banned forever. It should only be used as a pesticide. Yep, wean them off tobacco and get them onto pot. Pot is good for the economy and health of the nation. Inhaling products of combustion is not good for the health of anyone or anything, except maybe your dealer's bank a/c. I have a sister who was a non-tobacco smoking heavy user. She is nearly 10 years younger than me but looks at least that older, and for the last decade has been plagued by lung problems and other smoking related disorders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trogers Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 Which kill faster, smoking or the annual smog? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chainarong Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 If this was correct Phillip Morris should be banned from operating in Thailand ,however I gather Phillip Morris has forwarded a letter discouraging the new changes hardly a move to block anything, , Phillip Morris has no power to block any legislation in any country, let alone Thailand on Tobacco law change, I doubt that this is a true accurate account of Phillip Morris intentions and would take it with a grain of salt coming from the anti tobacco lobby, I am a non smoke but sensational reporting gives me the shits. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chainarong Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 <script type='text/javascript'>window.mod_pagespeed_start = Number(new Date());</script> Which kill faster, smoking or the annual smog? Smog if you are riding a bike on Prayut - O bike lanes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xuberant Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 If this was correct Phillip Morris should be banned from operating in Thailand ,however I gather Phillip Morris has forwarded a letter discouraging the new changes hardly a move to block anything, , Phillip Morris has no power to block any legislation in any country, let alone Thailand on Tobacco law change, I doubt that this is a true accurate account of Phillip Morris intentions and would take it with a grain of salt coming from the anti tobacco lobby, I am a non smoke but sensational reporting gives me the shits. . I wish u were right but unfortunately this isn't sensationalism. These tobacco companies have more power than most think. John Oliver does a good job explaining this exact situation happening in other countries... it's worth a watch and bloody funny too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
car720 Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 How about educating people (without demonizing smokers and smoking) and then let them make an informed decision, how they want to ruin their lives? ...oh...educating...I see the flaw in my argument! and it's not only Thais we are talking about is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesetat2013 Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 (edited) Thais are so against smoking and actually snub their noses at you if you are smoking near them. Its actually quite funny to see them walking and breathing the smoky air from cars,trucks, vendors cooking or fires and think it's all OK until a smoker walks past them. They cover their mouths like an infection was near them. So two faced they don't think how dangerous all the other fumes are causing them. P. Morris is in business to make money selling cigarettes. Any company making billions would do the same if that profit was threatened. Edited May 4, 2015 by thesetat2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
car720 Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 and now for a touch of reality. If they banned cigarettes or better still priced them out of the market like in Australia then I will be the first one to open a corridor to China and go back into the smuggling business because it will be worth a fortune. The only reason it works in Australia is because it is too far from anywhere in every possible way you can think of. I am happy to say that I enjoy smoking and if it kills me then so be it. At least I will have lived life on my own terms. Women no longer interest me. The booze no longer does it for me so smoking is all that I have left. Me and cranky Frankie, we would have been mates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X pat Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 For those of you who don't know this,Tabaco as originally used an a horse liniment,untell some idot found you can smoke it and it will calm you.Problem is they never under stode the down side of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJKT2014 Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 I'm old enough to remember the adverts in the 1950's (late 1950's) for Philip Morris cigarettes with the boy carrying a telephone in a hotel, and crying the slogan, "Call for Philip Morris" as though he had a phone call for a hotel guest. Mr. Philip Morris. Similar to this I expect by Lucy Ball and Desi Arnaz (who later died of lung cancer). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingthing Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 I'm on Thailand's side on this one. But good luck. Philip Morris knows what they're doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soalbundy Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 For those of you who don't know this,Tabaco as originally used an a horse liniment,untell some idot found you can smoke it and it will calm you.Problem is they never under stode the down side of it. just like some people never understand the importance of correct spelling to get their point across Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fred Kubasa Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 Ah, let them pass a new ANTI law which will be as effective as the anti drug and anti gambling and anti prostitution laws have been ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullstop Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 Philip Morris International submitted a letter to the Ministry of Public Health discouraging the new legislation. The Ministry of Public Health should tell the drug dealing Philip Morris International to stick it where the sun doesn't shine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCube Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 Same tactics explained in this clip from the excellent Last Week Tonight with John Oliver- "Thanks to tobacco industry regulations and marketing restrictions in the US, smoking rates have dropped dramatically. John Oliver explains how tobacco companies are keeping their business strong overseas." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quandow Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 Once again, stellar reporting - what law are they talking about? Best I could find is either raising the age of purchase, raising the price, or outlawing the sale of "loosies." http://www.tobacco.org/tagged/thailand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naam Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 For those of you who don't know this,Tabaco as originally used an a horse liniment,untell some idot found you can smoke it and it will calm you.Problem is they never under stode the down side of it. nice fairy tale. how long did you take to invent it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naam Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 Ah, let them pass a new ANTI law which will be as effective as the anti drug and anti gambling and anti prostitution laws have been ! i think the law which forbids prostitution has been quite effective. i don't see any prostitute whenever i'm downtown Pattaya Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratcatcher Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 For those of you who don't know this,Tabaco as originally used an a horse liniment,untell some idot found you can smoke it and it will calm you.Problem is they never under stode the down side of it. just like some people never understand the importance of correct spelling to get their point across Or the fact that Sir Walter Raleigh introduced the weed to England. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prbkk Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 I wish the medicos would take an equally keen interest in outlawing the use of asbestos. Thailand will have a crisis of asbestos related disease, including mesothelioma in the coming decades. Yes, restrict tobacco by taxing but ban asbestos in building and automotive industries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricardo Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 Philip Morris International submitted a letter to the Ministry of Public Health discouraging the new legislation. The Ministry of Public Health should tell the drug dealing Philip Morris International to stick it where the sun doesn't shine. Or perhaps make a start with the government-owned Thai Tobacco Monopoly :- "TTM is one of the most profitable state enterprises, returning substantial revenues to the state treasury." according to Wiki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thailand_Tobacco_Monopoly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anon4546543 Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 It is possible to take on Big Tobacco and win. Australia did this with plain packaging with only disgusting pictures of diseased body parts on the packet. Banned all smoking in pubs and restaurants. Banned smoking in cars (don't know how you police this but it is law) When Big Tobacco lost the court case they were made to pay the costs. Interesting to see a new generation of young smokers in Australia, especially among young women. They are bombarded with education about the harmful effects but still choose to smoke. "It calms me down" is the common answer as to why they smoke. Some people against all evidence choose to be an addict to dangerous substances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andre0720 Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 Tobacco smoking should be banned forever. It should only be used as a pesticide. Yep, wean them off tobacco and get them onto pot. Pot is good for the economy and health of the nation. Yup, you got that right.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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