This edition of News Analysis brings good news stories from several regions. Two of the world's most populous countries have adopted new tobacco control measures: in India, larger graphic health warnings will come into force from April 2015, and an Indonesian court has upheld the introduction of a tobacco tax to be partially used for health funding. Meanwhile, the Dutch court of appeals has ruled in favour of smoking bans for small cafes, based on the country's legal obligations under the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC). Civil society has had another victory in Bangladesh, this time against tobacco sponsorship of music events, and endgame options move closer to reality, with tobacco sales bans on the table in a small town in Massachusetts, USA and Australia's smallest state of Tasmania.
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