Table 1.
Tobacco control (TC) policy environment for tobacco use restriction among youths and access to cigarettes by youths in seven South-East Asia member countries as per the Global Youth Tobacco Survey.
|
Country (GYTS Year) |
Bangladesh (2013) | Bhutan (2013) | East Timor (2013) | Indonesia (2014) | Myanmar (2016) | Sri Lanka (2015) | Thailand (2015) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WHO FCTC signatories and ratification | 14-06-04 | 23-08-04 | 22-12-04 | – | 21-04-04 | 11-11-03 | 08-11-04 |
| Entry into force | 27-02-05 | 27-02-05 | 22-03-05 | – | 27-02-05 | 27-02-05 | 27-02-05 |
| First school tobacco control policy | 2005 | 2010 | 2016 | 2009 | 2006 | 2006 | 2017 |
| Prohibition of sales to or by minors& tobacco vending machines | 2005 | 2010 | 2016 | 2012 | 2006 | 2015 | 2017 |
| Legal age forsale or purchase of tobacco | 18 Years | 18 Years | 17 Years | 18 Years | 18 Years | 21 Years | 18 Years |
| Vendor denied cigarette due to age | |||||||
| Boys (%) | 13 | 50.9 | 51.8 | 38.4 | 33.2 | 67.7 | 61 |
| Girls (%) | 0 | 52.0 | 48.1 | 41.9 | 48.4 | 0 | 46.4 |