Youth Smoking and the Right to Health in Indonesia
Channel: Unfairtobacco
Date: 2020-12-01

Indonesia has the highest rate of adult smokers in the world at 76.2%. The social acceptance of smoking is accordingly very high in Indonesia. The percentage of boys and girls between 13 and 15 years of age who smoke is 19.4%. 
Tobacco companies develop advertising campaigns that directly target children and adolescents and ultimately make them addicted. In doing so, they violate several of children's rights, including their right to health.

Indonesia imports cigarettes worth approximately US$11 million from Germany - equivalent to just under 20% of Indonesia's cigarette imports.
Germany is thus Indonesia's third-largest partner for its cigarette imports.


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