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Smoking Indonesian baby quits, 03/09/10

Friday, 03 September 2010 15:07 Fairfax Media; AFP

REPORT: A two-year-old Indonesian boy who smoked about 40 cigarettes a day has kicked the habit after receiving intensive specialist care, a child welfare official said on Thursday.

Ardi Rizal shocked the world when a video of him drawing heavily on cigarettes appeared on the internet in May and drew attention to Indonesia's failure to regulate the tobacco industry.

"He has quit smoking and the most important thing is he doesn't ask for cigarettes any more," national commission for child protection secretary-general Arist Merdeka Sirait told AFP.

Two-year-old Indonesian boy Ardi Rizal puffs on a cigarette.

Two-year-old Indonesian boy Ardi Rizal. Photo: AHMAD NAAFI

Last Updated on Friday, 03 September 2010 15:35 Read more...

Bangkok Cigarette Police

Friday, 03 September 2010 11:21 Bangkok Post

Littering is against the law and offenders should be punished, but some say the capital city's inspectors are perhaps a little too vigilant

Published: 29/08/2010 at 05:06 AM

Newspaper: Bangkok Post

Many foreign tourists in Bangkok have complained they have been "burned" after being fined for littering by the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration's (BMA) inspectors. An investigation by a Spectrum team lasting several weeks has revealed that foreign tourists appear to be the targets of the city's uniformed inspectors.

CAUGHT SMOKING: A French couple line up at a BMA booth to pay a fine for littering.

Last Updated on Friday, 03 September 2010 15:09 Read more...

Cigarette smuggled into Malaysia up by 150%, 27/08/10

Thursday, 02 September 2010 10:43 Allison Lai, The Star

Smuggled cigarettes in Malaysia has increased 150% in the past six years.

The upward trend was from 14.4% in 2004 to the current 37.1%.

Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency’s director-general Admiral Datuk Mohd Amdan Kurish said one out of three packets of cigarettes in Malaysia was smuggled.

He said this to reporters on Thursday after attending a ceremony where a total of 52,783 cartons of smuggled cigarettes seized between 2008 and August 2010 worth some RM3.5mil were destroyed using a crush machine at its Kuala Linggi district office ground earlier.

Last Updated on Thursday, 02 September 2010 10:44

Crackdown on teenage smokers, 22/08/10

Tuesday, 24 August 2010 15:20 Quratul-Ain Bandial,The Brunei Times

15 students sent for mandatory treatment

A TOTAL of 15 students under the age of 18 had been caught smoking in public this year and ordered to undergo mandatory treatment at a smoking cessation clinic.

This was disclosed during yesterday's briefing on the hazards of smoking for Department of Youth and Sports officers, who routinely deal with youth and young athletes.

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Smoking Indonesian baby quits, 03/09/10

Bangkok Cigarette Police

Cigarette smuggled into Malaysia up by 150%, 27/08/10

Crackdown on teenage smokers, 22/08/10

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