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Indonesian cigarette firms will have to pay an additional 7 percent excise tax next year, the finance ministry said on Wednesday, as the government seeks to curb smoking in one of the world’s largest tobacco markets.
A new ministerial decree, which will come into effect on Feb 1, 2009, will adjust the retail price range for [...]
Following recent senior management changes, Schweitzer-Mauduit International, Inc. (NYSE: SWM) today announced additional management changes effective January 1, 2009.
Arnold Alvarez will become General Manager, S.E. Asia with responsibility for SWM’s Indonesian and Philippine paper operations, and for sales of all SWM papers in the region, reporting to Otto Herbst, Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Alvarez, age [...]
Indonesia’s top Islamic body will debate whether to issue a fatwa banning Muslims from smoking when it holds a national gathering early next year, a senior official said on Monday.
Religious councils in Indonesia, the world’s most populous Muslim nation, had previously agreed to ban smoking by children and in public areas, but have not implemented [...]
The continued might of Indonesia’s far-reaching tobacco industry is being questioned, with the House of Representatives and an influential ulema group calling for anti-smoking laws.
Legislator Atte Sugandi of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s Democratic Party said Monday a bill being pushed for deliberation by the House would curb tobacco-related advertising, promoting, sponsorships, production and sales.
“Once it [...]
The Indonesian Shopping Center Association (APPBI) will help the city administration enforce smoking restrictions by asking its members to provide smoking rooms on their premises.
Andreas Kartawinata, APPBI Jakarta chairman, said around 80 percent of APPBI members had smoking rooms.
He said he would send letters to the remaining members to encourage them to adhere to the [...]
I thought the assumption of Islam was to follow the laws laid down in the Koran?
New laws against yoga (well in Malaysia), and now a look at anti-smoking. I do not know … I just find it amusing.
The MUI should spend more time regulating and defusing the rampant hard-line Islamist movements in Indonesia, by teaching [...]
Tobacco farmers gave a thumbs-up to an anti-smoking campaign aimed at restricting children’s access to cigarettes, saying they are confident the movement will not lead to a possible demise of Indonesia’s tobacco industry.
Chairman of East Java chapter Indonesian Tobacco Farmers Association (APTI) Amin Subarkah said that tobacco growers and cigarette makers and workers have had [...]
The government is planning to raise cigarette tax by 6 to 7 percent next year in an effort to increase state revenue and reduce cigarette consumption, Director General for Customs and Excise Affairs Anwar Suprijadi said.
“The increase in cigarette tax will not be high. It will be adjusted to the assumed inflation rate in the [...]
The Indonesia Civil Society for Tobacco Control has demanded the government ratify the international tobacco convention to protect Indonesian citizens, especially young people, from smoking-related health risks and death.
The group, comprised of 132 politicians, activists and celebrities, accused the government of giving into the cigarette industry by continuing to delay the ratification.
Prominent businessman and founder [...]
Jakarta-based agency SemutApi has created what its labeled the “first digitally interactive out of home advertising in Indonesia.” That may be true but it’s not the first worldwide. Anyway, the work is for…OMG…cigarette maker Djarum Super and is called The Bro & Cuy Super Show.
As art director Aria Gorba Hamdani describes, the work is “about [...]
There’s something luxurious about having a girl light your cigarette. In fact, I got married once on account of that.
— Harold Robbins
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