Word: thais
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Thailand. U.S. trade officials announced last week that a panel set up by the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) determined that Thailand's ban on the importation of cigarettes violates existing free-trade agreements. This decision opens the doors for American cigarettes to enter the Thai market...
...appeal of the American product and the glamorized American way of life as portrayed in cigarette ads should not be underestimated. Dr. Prakit Vateesatokit, a leader of the Thai anti-smoking movement, predicted that "many more Thais will take up smoking when Marlboro and the other brands begin to tell them to." In Taiwan, a local anti-smoking organization conducted a survey which showed that 80 percent of teenage smokers prefer imported cigarettes...
...strong Thai anti-smoking and public health movement has managed to decrease the smoking rate from 30.1 percent of the population in 1976 to 26.4 percent in 1986. But leaders of the movement worry that U.S. entry into the market would increase advertising, create demand and increase consumption, further endangering public health. Public health awareness is still low in Thailand; most Thais know little about the relation between cigarettes and life-threatening disease. Dr. Vateesatokit points out that health education in Thailand is no match for the "allure of Madison Avenue...
...Leny Heinen, Stanley Kayne, Barbara Nagelsmith, Anni Rubinger, Melanie Stephens, Simonetta Toraldo Photographers: Terry Ashe, P.F. Bentley, William Campbell, Rudi Frey, Dirck Halstead, Cynthia Johnson, Peter Jordan, Shelly Katz, David Hume Kennerly, Steve Liss, Robin Moyer, Carl Mydans, James Nachtwey, Matthew Naythons, Chris Niedenthal, David Rubinger, Antonio Suarez, Ted Thai, Diana Walker...
...Leny Heinen, Stanley Kayne, Barbara Nagelsmith, Anni Rubinger, Melanie Stephens, Simonetta Toraldo Photographers: Terry Ashe, P.F. Bentley, William Campbell, Rudi Frey, Dirck Halstead, Cynthia Johnson, Peter Jordan, Shelly Katz, David Hume Kennerly, Steve Liss, Robin Moyer, Carl Mydans, James Nachtwey, Matthew Naythons, Chris Niedenthal, David Rubinger, Antonio Suarez, Ted Thai, Diana Walker...