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Collection of cigarette industry news, found 32 news.

Government's efforts to reduce smoking prevalence not yet optimal

Public policy observer from the Gadjah Mada University Satria Aji Imawan opined that the government's efforts to ...

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BNPB spokesman's death puts spotlight on non-smokers' vulnerability

National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, 49, popularly called "Pak Topo," ...

Cigarette industry eyes universities to promote its products

The Human Rights Working Group (HRWG) drew attention to the worrisome trend of the cigarette industry targeting ...

News feature - Tobacco control should not be a mission impossible by Andi Abdussalam

People have been consuming tobacco or smoking cigarettes since time immemorial, but global efforts have been made to ...

Indonesia faces numerous tobacco control challenges: Minister

Indonesia faced numerous challenges in tobacco control to protect children from its negative effects, Women`s ...

Asian Tobacco Farmers gather in Lombok, Indonesia Discussing The Latest Industry's Challenges

- Members of the International Tobacco Growers Association (ITGA) in Asia held a conference in Lombok, Indonesia to ...

Smoking problem must be resolved by reaching out to children

Health Minister Nila Djuwita Moeloek said at the opening of the Fourth Indonesia Conference for Tobacco or Health ...

Govt always tries to better protect workers in tobacco industry

The Indonesian government will always try to improve the protection of workers in the cigarette and tobacco industry, ...

Indonesian young innovators committed to make country tobacco free

Under the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), 20 Indonesian young innovators from 17 districts/cities ...

Raising cigarette prices to reduce smoking

Raising cigarette prices is considered one of the most effective ways to prevent and reduce smoking, especially among ...

MPR Vice Chairman lauds plan to hike cigarette prices

Vice Chairman of the Peoples Consultative Assembly (MPR) Osman Sapta Odang (OSO)  has positively welcomed a plan ...

Government warned of cigarette price increase

The governments reported plan to significantly hike cigarette prices has sparked pros and cons reactions from various ...

Indonesia Urged To Protect Younger Generation From Ill-Effects of Tobacco

Some 73,956,480 people died of tobacco-related diseases since the first Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) ...

Indonesia refuses to sign tobaco control convention

The government has decided not to sign Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) to protect the countrys tobacco ...

Councilors Blame FCTC For Cigarette Plant Closures

The East Java Legislative Council has blamed foreign pressures --exerted through the Framework Convention on Tobacco ...