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Indonesia to limit e-cigarette imports, sales: Minister

Stefani Ribka (The Jakarta Post)
Jakarta
Tue, November 21, 2017

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Indonesia to limit e-cigarette imports, sales: Minister E-cigarettes work by heating liquid containing nicotine to generate vapor, which users then inhale, or vape. Many liquids are flavored. (Shutterstock/File)

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new Trade Ministry regulation that will restrict the e-cigarette trade has been signed and will take effect within three months, Trade Minister Enggartiasto Lukita told reporters on Monday.

“E-cigarettes can be publicly sold and imported only if the traders obtain recommendation letters from the Health Ministry and the products are certified with SNI [Indonesia National Standard],” Enggartiasto said.

“The regulation has been signed. After the regulation takes effect, we will inspect and take action [against reported violations].”

Previously, the Custom and Excise directorate general had announced the decision to apply a 57 percent excise duty on e-cigarettes starting on July 1, 2018. The ruling is stipulated in Finance Ministry regulation No. 146/2017.

Read also: E-cigarette flavorings may change or damage heart muscle cells, says study

Enggartiasto said e-cigarettes were harmful to health and their use needed to be controlled as children were among consumers. (bbn)

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