Laos sets up tobacco control fund
- Published: 24 Jan 2013 at 15.11
- Online news: Health
Laos has joined the ranks of Asean nations that have set up a fund to control tobacco usage.
Prakit Vathesatogkit, the secretary general of the International Network of Health Promotion Foundations, said on Wednesday that the Lao cabinet had established a tobacco control fund, that will receive a contribution of 2% of tobacco companies' profits, along with a 200 kip (around 0.80 baht) price increase per pack.
Dr Prakit said Laos is the fifth Asean member to establish such a fund, after Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia and Vietnam.
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