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View all search resultsThe majority of revenue the government may reap from the proposed cigarette excise increase should be used to improve prevention-centered programs and healthcare services for people with smoking-related health problems, a lawmaker said.
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.
Ridwan Adrianto, 27, says he would not mind if the price of cigarettes, which he smokes daily, doubled or even quadrupled to Rp 50,000 (US$3.8) per pack, although it would mean he would have to make sacrifices and eventually give up his habit.
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