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The Cabinet on Tuesday approved a draft agreement to end a dispute with the Philippines over tobacco tax-evasion charges.

Leading cigarette importer Philip Morris Trading (Thailand) is calling on the new government and policymakers to start talking with the tobacco industry, so both sides can work on finding constructive solutions to reduce harm caused by smoking.

The Philippines’ Department of Trade and Industry is calling on Thailand to implement customs valuation reforms after a World Trade Organisation (WTO) dispute panel on Friday ruled that the Kingdom was violating its law on customs valuation.

Only 5.2 per cent of 10,000 discarded packs of cigarettes were found to be untaxed, a survey by Philip Morrisan, the American-based multinational cigarette and tobacco manufacturing company, has found.

PUBLIC Health Minister Piyasakol Sakolsatayadorn assured yesterday that a lawsuit against a leading tobacco firm over tax-evasion charges would continue as normal.

PHILIP MORRIS International (PMI), a leading international tobacco company, aims to increase the number of women at the company’s management level globally to 40 per cent by 2022 as part of a strategy to create gender balance in the workplace.

Philip Morris (Thailand) has applauded Thai authorities’ proactive suppression of illicit cigarettes, particularly in the deep South, saying it is an integrated approach crucial to containing the problem.

Illicit cigarette use in Thailand has more than doubled, costing the country at least Bt3.6 billion a year in lost tax revenue, a study by the major tobacco company says.

Tobacco manufacturer Philip Morris International (PMI) insists that its “heated tobacco” product is different from e-cigarettes.

PHILIP MORRIS (Thailand) says it supports excise tax reform that would introduce a recommended retail selling price and a mixed tax system in the country.

Philip Morris Thailand yesterday asserted that customs charges brought against it by public prosecutors are meritless, unjust and in violation of Thailand’s obligations to comply with the WTO Customs Valuation Agreement.