The government is targeting a new rule about limiting tobacco and its derivatives

The government is targeting a new rule about limiting tobacco and its derivatives



The government is targeting a new rule about limiting tobacco and its derivatives will be published later this year. President to sign a form beleid Draft Government Regulation (RPP) on Protection of Materials Containing Form of Addictive Substances Tobacco Products this.

Certainty is obtained after the Ministry of Finance (Kemkeu) approved the draft RPP Tobacco. Rules derived from Law No.. 36/2009 on Health it was stuck at the table Kemkeu since last August.

Earlier, the minister of health, welfare coordinating minister, industry minister and minister of manpower and transmigration has approved beleid who got rejection from farmers and tobacco companies. Issuance of Draft Tobacco is also strengthened by the publication of the decision of the Constitutional Court (MK) Case No. 66/PUU-X/2012.

The Court stated, tobacco contains harmful and addictive substances should be in control in order not to endanger the public health.

Coordinating Minister for the Economy Hatta Rajasa said the Draft Comprehensive Tobacco has been discussed by the relevant ministries and the last has been initialed by the Finance Minister. "Tobacco is still in the draft RPP finance ministers, just submitted it to the President as soon as possible," he said last weekend.

Hatta optimistic, RPP Tobacco could soon be passed before the turn of the year. "If you have the President, the maximum one-day lesson plan will immediately signed shot," he said. Although finance ministers at the table long, not many changes related content RPP Tobacco.

Minister just add recommendations regarding withdrawal of tobacco products in violation of the provisions. Widyastuti Soerojo, Coordinator of the Southeast Asia Initiative on Tobacco Tax (Sitt) rate, the government should speed up the establishment of RPP Tobacco to ensure public health.

"Normally, RPP was not until a year can already determined by the President. But RPP Tobacco can reach three years," he said.

Widyastuti also a member of the Tobacco Control Network Indonesia (JPTI) affirm, Draft Tobacco must be completed this December, so the next year living stages of implementation. But Aony Hasan Aziz, a spokesman of the United Association of Cigarette Factory (Gapri) reject Tobacco RPP although there are some exceptions. Therefore, the problem is not simply a matter of advertising or tobacco planting only.

According to him, Draft Comprehensive Tobacco as set upstream and downstream of the health aspects. There are a number of crucial points in the Draft Tobacco, among other importer or manufacturer of cigarette health warnings must include images and text form and molded into one with the packaging of tobacco products.

It also tightened rules on tobacco advertising in the print media, television, media and information technology. Like, every cigarette advertisement must include health warnings in the form of text and images with a portion of 10 percent of the duration of advertising and 15 percent of the advertisements in the print media. In addition, there is provision of non-smoking areas