Cigarettes Second Largest Contributor to Poverty
The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) has noted that cigarette spending, particularly kretek cigarettes that crackle with the burning of cloves,...
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YLKI: Cigarette Minimum Prices Proposed
Head of the Indonesia Consumers Foundation (YLKI), Tulus Abadi, claims that the government has not been serious in its attempts...
Cigarette Prices to Increase by over 30 Per Cent in 2020
Starting January 2020, Indonesia is set to raise the minimum price of cigarettes by more than one third. This is...
Minister Wants National Health Insurance Debt Covered by Cigarette Tax
With the country’s health and social security agency (BPJS) running a massive debt in rolling out its health insurance program,...
Couple Calls for Tobacco Shut Down after Baby Dies
A young couple whose one-month-old son died after breathing in cigarette smoke has called for the government to shut down...
Indonesia to Light Up Cigarette Taxes in 2017
The government is set to raise cigarette taxes next year in a bid to discourage illegal practices in the tobacco...
Indonesian Finance Ministry Yet to Confirm Cigarette Price Increase
Despite ongoing reports about the Indonesian government’s plans to increase cigarette prices, Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati said that the...
Playing with Fire
The swiftest punch in the face I’ve ever received came from a dense fist of tobacco smoke. I was in...
The Topic of Cancer
The ramblings of an anti-smoking expat based in Batam I detest smoking. Starting with the basic ritual of taking dried...