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Smoking in Indonesia

Smoking is legal and regulations exist around tobacco products in Indonesia. Under these regulations, cigarettes can be sold, and smoking is permitted with some restrictions. Cigarettes can be purchased online, but sales through vending machines are not permitted. The importation of cigarettes for trade is permitted with a license. Health warnings are required on cigarette packaging, and there are legal restrictions on smoking in public places. Advertising of cigarettes is regulated, but not all forms of advertising are banned. Cigarettes are subject to an excise rate of 57.31% and a total taxation rate of 70.97%. In 2024, Indonesia reported a significant prevalence of tobacco smoking and related deaths among adults aged 15 years and older. The adult current smoking prevalence was 30.4%, with a stark gender disparity: 59.7% of males and 1.2% of females were smokers. In comparison, in 2020, this prevalence was 62.7% among males and 2.5% among females. The total number of smokers in 2024 was approximately 64.4 million which shows a slight decrease from 64.5 million in 2020. The adult daily smoking prevalence in 2021 was 28.8%, with a prevalence of 52.3% among males and 1.4% among females. Smoking-related mortalities remain a critical public health issue in Indonesia, which accounted for 12.27% of all deaths in the country in 2021. Specifically, 17.77% of all male deaths and 5.04% of all female deaths were attributed to smoking. This represents that the number of deaths attributable to smoking was 268,614 in 2021, with 220,846 male and 47,767 female deaths. These figures underscore the persistent challenge of tobacco smoking in Indonesia, necessitating robust public health interventions to curb its high prevalence and associated mortalities.

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January 26, 2023 by antaranews.com

Government to consider banning e-cigarettes if proven dangerous

Jakarta (ANTARA) - The government is contemplating on prohibiting electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) if found to be harmful to public health, according to Vice President Ma'ruf Amin.

"We will consider (the prohibition of e-cigarettes), but in principle, everything that is dangerous will be prohibited by the government," Amin stated at the University of Indonesia here, Thursday.

The vice president promised that thorough assessment of the effects of e-cigarettes on public health will be conducted before the government takes its decision.

January 11, 2022 by antaranews.com

Smoking electronic cigarettes can be harmful to dental health: Dentist

Smoking electronic cigarettes, or vaping, can cause a decline in oral and dental health, a dental health practitioner, Drg Amalia Rahmaniar Indrati, cautioned.

"Nowadays, e-cigarettes, or vaping, has become a lifestyle, but bear in mind that vaping can have an impact on health," Indrati said here on Tuesday.

Indrati, a dental health practitioner at the Banjarnegara Islamic Hospital, said some research indicated that smoking electronic cigarettes had negative impacts on lung, dental, and oral health.

According to the dentist, oral disorders caused by smoking e-cigarettes, or vaping, may include gum infections, dry mouth, cavities, and yellow teeth.

February 24, 2020 by reuters.com

Exclusive: Juul halts Indonesia e-cigarette sales, throwing Asia expansion in doubt

Juul Labs Inc is halting sales in Indonesia, citing concerns that it can’t stop retailers from selling its high-nicotine e-cigarettes to young people in a largely unregulated tobacco market. Juul said in a statement that it would suspend Indonesia sales “indefinitely” until it could ensure that online and traditional retailers there will “increase and enforce age restrictions and compliance measures.” The firm’s decision to retreat from the world’s fourth most populous nation - which has not been previously reported - marks a major setback for Juul’s larger plans to expand in Asia. [...]

January 28, 2020 by thestar.com.my

E-cigarettes, vaping haram, says Indonesian Muslim organisation

Muhammadiyah has declared electronic cigarettes and vaping as haram in a fatwa issued recently by the second biggest Muslim organisation in the country.

The organisation’s central executive board's tarjih (lawmaking) and tadjid (reform) council outlined the fatwa in a decree on e-cigarettes issued on Jan. 14 in Yogyakarta.

Wawan Gunawan Abdul Wahid, a member of the council's fatwa and guidance development division, said the fatwa was issued to underline Muhammadiyah’s stance against all kinds of cigarettes.

July 18, 2018 by coconuts.co

88% of Indonesians support increasing the price of cigarettes: survey

One of the main factors contributing to Indonesia having some of the highest smoking rates in the world is the relatively low cost of cigarettes, which keep them within the reach of even the country’s poorest citizens. The government has shown little political will to raise cigarette excise prices to decrease demand, but the results of a new survey indicates that it’s something that the vast majority of Indonesians actually want.

June 05, 2018 by reuters.com

Indonesia to impose excise tax on liquids for e-cigarettes

Indonesia will impose an excise tax of 57 percent on tobacco essences used for electronic cigarettes starting July 1 as part of efforts to curb consumption of tobacco products, a senior official said late on Monday.

Southeast Asia’s largest economy imposes excise duty on all kinds of tobacco products but the country has one of the highest smoking rates in the world.

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