A perfect storm of tax increases, anti-tobacco regulations and fierce competition have taken their toll on the earnings of Indonesia’s big cigarette manufacturers.Read More
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A story from Indonesia about two students having been expelled for smoking contrasts with one from Australia earlier this week where a school head puts education first.Read More
The government of Indonesia wants to require tobacco companies to use domestic tobacco before they can import leaf from other countries.Read More
Indonesian tobacco production is to be afforded a measure of protection with manufacturers being required to buy local leaf if they want to import leaf.Read More
Buses are being used in Jakarta, Indonesia, to carry a message about how smoking makes people financially poorer and, therefore, why they should quit.Read More
The direct and indirect costs of smoking in Indonesia amounts to trillions of rupiah; so the Health Ministry is calling for tax increases.Read More
An economic slowdown in Indonesia has led to the manufacturers of white-stick cigarettes asking the government to limit any tax increase to five percent.Read More
The US-based Farm Labor Organizing Committee says that not enough is being done to address the ‘numerous reports detailing human rights abuses’ on British American Tobacco’s contract farms.Read More
In the past, it has been difficult to oppose tobacco in Indonesia because, in part, the industry employs millions of people. But now the President seems to have sided with those opposed to tobacco.Read More
Some students in Indonesia are devising initiatives aimed at eliminating tobacco advertising that, according to one survey, is around nearly every school.Read More