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Yahoo! My Yahoo! Mail More Yahoo! Services Account Options New User? Sign Up Sign In Help Yahoo! Search web search Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Australia China India Indonesia Japan Malaysia Philippines Thailand Vietnam Indonesia under fire on world anti-tobacco day AFP - Tuesday, June 1 Send IM Story Print Indonesia under fire on world anti-tobacco day JAKARTA (AFP) - – Indonesia's failure to ban tobacco advertising or enforce laws against smoking in bars and restaurants came under heavy fire Monday as the United Nations marked world anti-tobacco day. The country of some 240 million people is one of the last vestiges of laissez-faire tobacco controls in the world and is paying the price in terms of growing rates of addiction, especially among women and children. Indonesia's addiction to tobacco and tobacco industry tax revenues were graphically illustrated last week with the release of a video on the Internet of a two-year-old Javanese boy with a 40-cigarette-a-day habit. But Health Minister Endang Rahayu Sedyaningsih said it was up to city governors to regulate smoking and tobacco advertising, effectively ruling out a national response. "It is time we protect children and women from cigarette smoke. It requires courage to fight against tobacco," she said according to Vivanews.com news website as she urged city governors to issue tough anti-tobacco regulations. Cigarette consumption in the Southeast Asian archipelago soared 47 percent in the 1990s, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). Almost 70 percent of men over 20 years of age smoke and regular smoking among adult women almost tripled to 4.5 percent between 1995 and 2004. Some cities including the capital Jakarta have set limits on smoking in public places but the rules are widely ignored, and tobacco advertising -- much of it aimed at women and teenagers -- is ubiquitous. Tobacco companies such as Philip Morris subsidiary PT HM Sampoerna employ around six million Indonesians and contribute more than six billion dollars a year to state coffers in excise taxes alone. Yet cigarettes remain extremely cheap by international standards, with a pack of 20 costing a little over a dollar. "The spike in growth of new smokers in Indonesia cannot be separated from the countrys weak regulations and abysmal law enforcement on tobacco use," The Jakarta Globe said in an editorial. "The government has shown no political will to take on the powerful tobacco industry despite a growing public outcry." Indonesia is the only country in Asia not to have ratified the WHO's Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. Recommend Send IM Story Print Related Articles Strong quake hits Andaman Islands: seismologists AFP - 12 minutes ago Possible local tsunami from India quake: US warning center AFP - 20 minutes ago Gunmen open fire at Pakistan hospital, 12 killed: doctor AFP - 40 minutes ago Japan urges Iran to halt uranium enrichment AFP - 1 hour 56 minutes ago UN rights chief urges independent probe on Thai violence AFP - 2 hours 16 minutes ago News Search Top Stories Spain vows labour market reform by end of June Don't subpoena supermodel, urges Liberia's Taylor Top ECB officials differ on bond purchase policy Clashes as Israeli forces storm Gaza aid boat: Hamas TV BP rushes new Gulf oil operation More Top Stories » ADVERTISEMENT Most Popular Most Viewed Most Recommended The point about pain: New study sheds light on acupuncture Celine Dion pregnant with twins: report Egypt unearths tomb of pharaonic army chief Clashes as Israeli forces storm Gaza aid boat: Hamas TV BP rushes new Gulf oil operation More Most Viewed » Hubble catches planet being devoured by its star Ocean fish could disappear in 40 years: UN Paris museum burglar grabs 120-million-dollar art haul US team creates first 'synthetic life' More Most Recommended » Elsewhere on Yahoo! Financial news on Yahoo! Finance Stars and latest movies Best travel destinations More on Yahoo! News Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Subscribe to our news feeds Top StoriesMy Yahoo!RSS » More news feeds | What are news feeds? Also on Yahoo Answers Groups Mail Messenger Mobile Travel Finance Movies Sports Games » All Yahoo! Services Site Highlights Singapore Full Coverage Most Popular Asia Entertainment Photos World Cup 2010 Copyright © 2010 Yahoo! Southeast Asia Pte. Ltd. (Co. Reg. No. 199700735D). All Rights Reserved. Terms of Service | Privacy Policy | Community | Intellectual Property Rights Policy | Help

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