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Experts question govt over tobacco regulation delay

  • Elly Burhaini Faizal

    The Jakarta Post

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Jakarta   /   Thu, December 20 2012   /  08:47 am

Health experts and consumer groups have questioned the government’s tardiness in issuing the tobacco regulation, saying the delay has increased the risks to the population’s health.

The issuance of the government regulation on tobacco is mandated by Law No. 36/2009 on health. However, three years after the passing of the law the government has yet to issue the tobacco regulation.

“The process [of the issuance of the tobacco regulation] has become too political,” said Tulus Abadi of the Indonesian Consumers Foundation (YLKI) in Jakarta on Tuesday.

Tulus said he and fellow activists lamented the slow progress despite the fact that relevant ministries had already agreed the contents of the draft regulation.

In principal, he said, there were no differences of opinion among ministries about the contents of the government regulation on tobacco control. Howev...