Cigarette Excise Increase Averages 12.5 Percent Next Year
Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati has said that she will increase cigarette excise tax by 12.5 percent next year. “This...
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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,...
Indonesia To Restrict E-Cigarettes while Tobacco Remains off the Hook
Indonesia is set to restrict the sales of e-cigarette materials, with the Trade Minister also telling users of the products...
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...
Sri Mulyani to Revamp Tax Policies on Tobacco in Indonesia
Tobacco is the largest contributor to state revenue, but the current tax policy incentivizes producers to fly under the radar....
Tobacco Bill Lights Up Advocates in 2017
The resurrection of a controversial tobacco bill has escalated the battle between pro-tobacco lobbyists and anti-tobacco activists in 2017. Parliament...
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...
With a Long History in Indonesia, Tobacco Remains an Economic Pillar
Tobacco companies in Indonesia could face challenging times, as regulators tighten. But with power and resources, cigarette firms have cause...
Take a Tour Down Moke Land, Flores
I had come many times to Indonesia and had visited islands and places all the way from Sabang to Sumbawa,...
Football and Cigarettes
I wish I knew the joy of smoking cigarettes. I tried to have a puff for two seconds in the...
A Brief History of Tobacco
Tobacco was first cultivated in the Peruvian and Ecuadorian Andes, from where it spread north and south till it covered...
Dangerously Nice: Kretek Cigarettes
I was a kretek (clove cigarette) smoker for almost two years. When I first started smoking clove cigarettes in Kalimantan...