Selasa , 16 May 2017, 11:13 WIB

Health Ministry insists to refuse the draft of Law on Tobacco

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- Health Ministry Nila F. Moeloek emphasized its commitment to refuse the draft of Law on Tobacco. She said the official statement would be delivered by the...

Jumat , 10 Feb 2017, 07:01 WIB

FCTC not to ban smoking but control: Health Ministry

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- The Health Ministry reiterated that the World Health Organization's Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) is not aimed at banning production or smoking but to control and prevent children from smoking. "Teenagers and young children have become targets for cigarette industry to become their permanent consumers," the ministry's Director General of Disease Control and Prevention M...