Tobacco farmers, workers rally against draft regulation

The Jakarta Pohttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifst, 21/12 - Hundreds of people, mostly from the Indonesian Tobacco Farmers Association, Indonesian Tobacco Community Alliance and Indonesian Cloves Farmer Association, staged a rally rejecting a government draft regulation that would limit the sale of tobacco products and ban tobacco advertising, in front of the Health Ministry. They said the new draft would create unemployment. There are currently at least 6 million people employed in the tobacco sector. It also forbids the sale of tobacco to people under 18 and to pregnant women, as well as sales of individual cigarettes. In addition, the draft regulation bans all forms of tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship.

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