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View all search resultsAs someone who has been smoking for three years, 22-yearold Novi Arisandy thinks her habit of smoking a pack a day is normal compared to other smokers. Novi, who completed her undergraduate studies this month, says her father’s addiction to cigarettes is far worse.
Ahead of World No Tobacco Day on May 31, the National Commission on Tobacco Control (Komnas PT), a coalition of organizations that has been staunchly campaigning on tobacco issues in Indonesia, has asked the government to draft a comprehensive regulation on tobacco control to protect society.
The country must pay extra attention to the implementation aspects of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) before ratifying it, otherwise it will backfire on the labor-intensive industry, an international law expert has warned.
The National Coalition of Civil Society for Tobacco Control called on President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to ratify the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) as a strategic step, arguing that it is in the best interest of the nation.
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