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Tobacco consumption epidemic reaches alarming level

The epidemic of tobacco consumption has reached an alarming level in Indonesia, where more than one-third of the ...

Issue of cigarette smoking must not be left unresolved: Minister

Health Minister Nila Djuwita Moeloek highlighted that the issue of cigarette smoking, notably the steady rise in the ...

Indonesia not yet protected from influence of tobacco companies: WHO

Indonesia is still susceptible to the influence of international tobacco companies as it is yet to accede to the ...

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 ...

Inflation recorded at 0.16 percent in May

Indonesias National Statistics Agency (BPS) has recorded an inflation of 0.16 percent in May, which is contributed by ...

Indonesia suffers deficit in international trade in April

The Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) said Indonesia suffered a deficit of US$1.97 billion in international trade in ...

Indonesia`s non -oil/gas industry grows 5.56 percent in q1

Indonesias non-oil/gas industry grew 5.56 percent in the first quarter of this year exceeding the countrys economic ...

Councilors Blame FCTC For Cigarette Plant Closures

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

Indonesia to increase economic partnership with Denmark

Indonesia`s Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Hatta Rajasa said the government would boost economic ...

President approves new tobacco regulation

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has signed a government regulation, PP No. 109/2012, on the use of approved ...

BCA posts profit of Rp2.3 tln in Q1

Publicly-listed private lender Bank Central Asia Tbk (BCA) posted a profit of Rp2.3 trillion in the first quarter of ...

Menthol smokers have more strokes: study

Among smokers, people who prefer mentholated cigarettes tend to have more strokes than non-menthol smokers - and this ...

Gunman kills 7, wounds 3 at California Christian College

A gunman opened fire at a private Christian college in Oakland, California on Monday, killing at least seven ...

March inflation recorded at 0.07 percent, BPS

The National Statistics Agency (BPS) recorded an inflation rate of only 0.07 percent in March due to a drop in the ...

Bloomberg Philanthropies Announces Additional $220 Million to Fight Global Tobacco Use

-     - Progress to date includes 1.2 billion people protected by effective tobacco control ...