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JAKARTA (Reuters) -Indonesia raised the minimum age limit for purchasing cigarettes to 21 from 18 as part of a series of changes to health regulations intended to curb the deadly habit in a ...
Smoking in trains of state company PT Kereta Api Indonesia has been banned as of 1 March 2012. [31] Bali has banned smoking to be effective 1 June 2012, also having heavy fines. Hotels, restaurants, tourist attractions, places of worship, healthcare facilities and schools are to be smoke-free areas.
[8] [9] Oliver then states that the baby's favorite brand of cigarettes is owned by PMI, one of the tobacco companies that has "flocked" Indonesia and contributed to its smoking epidemic. [3] He cites the World Health Organization 's report on the prevalence of tobacco consumption , which stated that 67% of Indonesian males smoked in 2013.
In Indonesia, tobacco advertising is still allowed, but showing the cigarette packaging and smoking activities is outlawed. Broadcast of tobacco advertising on Indonesian television is only allowed from 9:30 pm until 5:00 am local time .
Indonesia is the fifth largest tobacco market in the world and does not have very strict rules on smoking. Every year, more than 200,000 people are killed by tobacco caused diseases. However, more than 469,000 children (10–14 years) and 64 million adults (15+ years) continue to use tobacco products every day.
As of 2020, all tobacco products in Albania must have one of the following general warning on the packaging: "Smoking kills - quit now" or "Smoking kills". [11] Additionally, packaging must contain an information message about the product, as follows: "Tobacco contains over 70 substances that cause cancer".
Cigarette advertising in Indonesia is presently allowed, [1] and as of 2021, Indonesia is the only country in the world to allow cigarette advertising. [2] However, it is prohibited to show cigarettes and advertising must include smoking warning messages. In Indonesia itself, such advertisements are known under the name iklan rokok in Indonesian.
The Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, (Pub. L. 111–31 (text), H.R. 1256) is a federal statute in the United States that was signed into law by President Barack Obama on June 22, 2009. The Act gives the Food and Drug Administration the power to regulate the tobacco industry. A signature element of the law imposes new warnings ...