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17 health organizations reject draft bill on tobacco

Seventeen health organizations in Indonesia have issued a joint declaration urging President Joko Widodo to reject the ...

Prohibiting cigarette sales to children

Smoking among youth can be significantly reduced by effectively enforcing prohibition of cigarette sales to children. ...

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 ...

Govt raises excise taxes on tobacco

The government of Indonesia has raised the excise tax tariffs on tobacco. The Finance Ministers Regulation, ...

Cigarette price hike yet to be decided

The government is yet to take a decision on increasing the excise rate and sales price of cigarettes in the country as ...

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 ...

Military officers build barriers to prevent wildfires from spreading

A number of military officers were deployed to build barriers to prevent wildfires in Selakau, Sambas District, West ...

President urged to protect children from dangers of cigarettes

The Framework Convention on Tobacco Control Youth Movement (GM-FCTA) has called on President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) to ...

54 percent of Indonesian children smoke: Minister

Indonesian Minister of Empowerment of Women and Child Protection, Yohana Yambise, has expressed concern about the ...

Sampoerna collects the award from Thomson Reuters

JAKARTA, February 24, 2016 (Antara) – The successful Rp. 20.768 trillion (USD 1.5 billion*) rights issuance of ...

PT HM Sampoerna Tbk. Wins 2015 “Best Indonesia Deal” Award from FinanceAsia

JAKARTA, January 28, 2016 (Antara) – PT HM Sampoerna Tbk. (Sampoerna/IDX: HMSP), the largest tobacco company in ...

WHO urges governments to raise tobacco taxes to beat smoking

Governments around the world should increase taxes on cigarettes and other tobacco products to save lives and generate ...

Haze -- The Constant Struggle with Invisible Pollution

- During the National People's Congress and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, a self-financed ...