Cambodia urged to bring in graphic health warnings

Health experts have thrown their weight behind a provision in Cambodia’s draft tobacco-control law that would require graphic health warnings to cover ‘half the face’ of cigarette packs sold in the country, according to a story in The Phnom Penh Post.

According to the World Health Organization, Cambodia is the only ASEAN country that has not passed smoking legislation.

The graphic health warning provision is included in article 10 of the law, which was first drafted in 2003.

The WHO is calling on the government to enact the legislation with haste.

The law is expected to be discussed at the National Assembly towards the end of this month.