Smoking and Global Warming

From a hotel room in Central Jakarta, Indonesia newsAnd offer words suggestive ads and interesting
agency Pena's final report describes the developmentsuccess. This is a dream and the dream for all people.
of the tobacco industry today. This report in the formTobacco industry's success by offering a cigarette.
of 65 pages thick magazine with the headline on theGiving up tobacco are one of the main way for each
front page "Hypocrisy & Myths Behind the Tobaccoperson to climb out of poverty and live success
Industry".quickly.
Pena Indonesia claims this report is based onPoverty became the land for profit. And the industry
investigative reports on various search tobaccowas well aware of this condition. Poverty, lack of
industry documents. Also includes two CD or compactregional representation and the role of government,
disk that contains thousands of documents multinationallack of political consciousness, and the role of the
industries in Indonesia. As the documents from Britishmedia who are helpless in cigarette advertising.
American Tobacco or BAT, Philips Morris and others.AC Nielsen figures show the year 2006 tobacco
The workshop was attended among journalists andsector advertising expenditure of Rp 1.6 trillion. Which
health activists. Aim to provide insight into themoron media would lose and the offer of money for
existence of secret documents related to the comingit? One media in Indonesia may be conscious and
of the giants of the world tobacco industry and itschoose not to accept tobacco ads. But the question is
relationship with Indonesia.the extent to which the power of this medium will
This workshop also received support from the worldsurvive? And refrain from the onslaught of cigarette
health agency WHO's Indonesia representative,advertising.
IAKMI-Public Health Specialist Association of IndonesiaCigarettes became the main consumption for the poor.
and SEATCA-The Southeast Asia Tobacco ControlCigarette consumption throughout the year reached
Alliance.225 billion sticks. Cigarettes have a 4000 toxic
Pena Indonesia to work for three months and glaredchemicals. And cigarettes are the leading cause of
through the computer. Digging thousands of documentscancer-causing disease, heart and other diseases that
online from seven giant cigarette recorded in thecause death in the long run. Every year people die as
period 1960 until the early 2000s. At least there areindicated by the cigarette causes as many as 400
about 28,000 of thousands more documents fromthousand in Indonesia!
British American Tobacco or BAT Indonesia is storedThe number of smokers Indonesia increased sharply.
in digital libraries of the University of California, SanBased on the national economic survey Statistic The
Francisco, United States.Central Bureau in the period 2001-2004, there has
Walk through also take place in the site's Legacybeen surge in novice smokers and under the age of 10
Tobacco Documents Library that contains an internalyears rose 0.4 percent to 2.8 percent. National
document of Philips Morris, RJ Reynolds, Lorillard andCommission on Child Protection also get a number that
Brown & Williamson. The result is reported and written90 percent of teenagers smoke because of
by Farid Gaban and Alfian Hamzah from Penaadvertising Indonesia. Teenagers became the main
Indonesia news agency and Mardiyah Chamim oftarget for the tobacco industry.
Tempo Magazine. Coverage and support in the formThis figure is worrying, and then in February 2007
of grant funding from Essential Action Globalseveral members of the legislature moved to make
Partnership for Tobacco Control, based in Washington.some rules to restrict smoking. These rules are
This story began in 1998. This year may be spelled outexpected to restrict, control and restrict tobacco
in the most unfortunate for the cigarette industry inissues involving the activities of young children. This rule
America. Attorney General State of Minnesota, Unitedalso requires an increase in cigarette excise tax by 60
States, Hubert Humphrey III blew the whistle loudpercent to minimize people buy cigarettes. And
warning to cigarette industry. Attorney General askedencouraged to expand research on the impact of
the seven smoking industry giants to open all theirsmoking on health.
secret documents to the public. Aim to find the truth.In 1999, Indonesia has issued Government Regulation 81
These documents are internal documents containing/ 1999 concerning Security Cigarettes For Health,
various letters to the authorities, scientists, media tricksGovernment Regulation 38/1999 on Procedures for
to boost the tobacco business. Seven giantthe Tobacco Product Advertising Media and
companies, among others, from Philip MorrisGovernment Regulation 19/2003 regarding the
Incorporated, RJ Reynolds Tobacco Company, Britishobligations of cigarette manufacturers to include
American Tobacco (BAT), Brown and Williamson, thewarnings on product packaging.
Ligget Group and The Tobacco Institute and TheIndonesia also benefited from this condition. From the
Council for Tobacco Research and the Lorillardcigarette industry sector contribution in the form of tax
Tobacco Company.revenue amounting to Rp 38.5 trillion last year. And this
American courts have six million documents with 35year is expected to increase to Rp 42 trillion.
million pages. Each page is a seal and code number ofCigarette business in Indonesia is very sweet. Two
lawyers the industry to ensure its authenticity. TheIndonesian families who do business in the ranks of
court also requires the tobacco industry parties incigarettes in the world's richest list of Forbes Magazine.
order to deposit the documents until the year 2008.Rachman Halim family including Gudang Garam
While in England, the mountains of British Americanowners with assets of U.S. $ 1.9 billion and occupies
Tobacco documents typically stored in the warehouse538 warning. Budi Hartono and family of the order of
Guilford, Surrey, England. BAT archiving onlineDjarum 664 with assets of U.S. $ 1.5 billion.
documents is done by the University of California, SanIndonesia's cigarette tax mostly cheap compared with
Francisco, United States.other countries. Australia, Malaysia, Thailand and
There are seven million documents in the form ofSingapore set the cigarette tax by 70 percent. While in
scanned documents. And spent about four years toIndonesia, just set the highest cigarette tax by 40
make efforts for their hard work. Unfortunately,percent. With this tax rate retail price of cigarettes in
according to Duncan Cambell, an AmericanIndonesia is the fifth of the price compared to the price
investigative journalist who helped search smokingof cigarettes in Malaysia.
industry documents, the claim that there are about 181The price of cheap cigarettes is boosting consumer
file that contains thousands of pages of documentssmokers in Indonesia. Access to cigarettes is very
had been lost. These missing documents are not cleareasy. Based on the last survey the WHO and the
and it is possible rimbanya associated with regions ofAmerican Cancer Society, about 70 percent of
other countries, like Indonesia.Indonesian smokers are male. And 3 percent of
One of the investigations of this American smokingwomen smokers Indonesia.
industry had contrived movie "The Insider" that tellIndonesia plays a dual role misleading. One side of the
about the search an American television journalistincome he earned from cigarette but on the other
uncover fraud in the levels toxins. Media in the Unitedhand many of Indonesia will lose its human resources
States to encourage and influence the people thatbecause of damage caused by cigarettes. But health
smoking is a threat. Cigarettes became citizen issuesinsurance companies in Indonesia which would
and then encouraging the birth of a strict smokingwarranty his client about the consequences of
regulations and basic.smoking?
Tobacco industry should be controlled and strictlyAnti-smoking campaign world continues to strengthen.
controlled. For owners in the U.S. tobacco industry isRich countries and educated aware of the dangers
not a condition of a good climate. And ask thefrom smoking. Anti-smoking movement harder and try
American government to the strict rules that only applyto campaign on this issue at the level of the global
in the United States alone. And does not apply tomovement. Federation of Football Association (FIFA)
international business networks in different parts ofand even signed an agreement with WHO to regulate
other countries. Post-1998 invasion was in progress.and prohibit tobacco sponsorship in the football field.
And objectives that cigarette owners are theMTV supports anti-smoking campaign and urged
countries that enter the third country groups.teenagers not to smoke. Countries in Europe and other
How to countries in the region, especially Indonesia inAsian and ratify the convention followed tobacco
association with the document? Indonesia belonged tocontrol (FCTC).
a third country is not it? Indonesia is a land tender andBut resistance to the cigarette industry in Indonesia is
a haven for the global tobacco industry of the world.still very weak. Anti-smoking movement both from
Tobacco industry in Indonesia incarnate and was like acitizens, communities, doctors, including from the media
"kingdom" of its own. He played many roles andyet strong. WHO Indonesia chose a few names of
automatic movements do not get a lot of obstaclesartists and athletes for the national sports anti-smoking
and barriers.campaign. Among tennis champion Angelique Widjaja,
Either statutory, economic, social to the political path.bodybuilder Ade Rai, and model Tracy Trinita.
The smoking industry in Indonesia grew rapidly andBut not enough to represent all three and move the
slippery. Borrowing the term's largest daily newspaperpeople of Indonesia to establish anti-smoking
in West Java, the People's Mind, the tobacco industrymovement. Indonesia needs a great figure and steady
as "Spreads and entrenched". Not a lot of media infor anti-smoking movement. Not just a slogan
Indonesia to criticism, preaching especially to make aanti-smoking course. But the anti-smoking movement is
profound statement relating cigarette industry is.broad and strategic.
Indonesia received with open field every movement,In short, the anti-smoking movement in Indonesia is still
ideas, and the influence of the tobacco industry inclassified as impotent. He needs power and a strong
developing its business extensively.force to stem the solid and aggressive opposition from
We can learn many things from the tobacco industrythe tobacco industry. And the journalist is to write the
documents. Learn how they work, determine themovement and continue to oversee the expansion of
position and influence policy makers, economic, medialogging from the cigarette industry.
until the "buy-sell" research. The document gives aAdvertising and propaganda war going on in the
clear and detailed. We just need to work hard,struggle of black smoke world. And Indonesia is a
carefully detailing, and built of sheets of documents topowerful combat areas to map the world of today's
obtain a complete picture of the building of the worldglobal cigarette. This is also related to the local
tobacco industry as a whole.cigarette industry in Indonesia. As the local industry in
According to the Southeast Asia Tobacco Controlthe Spirit, Malang, Jember and Kediri. Local cigarette
Alliance (SEATCA)-based institutions in Thailand, in itsindustry in Indonesia has also played an important role
report Profiting from Death: Exposing the Tobaccoin influencing the smoking community.
Industry Tactics in ASEAN Countries, October 2007,In Indonesia, known as clove cigarettes while smoking
explained that until now the region cigaretteoutside the product known as white smoke. Local
consumption of about 50 per cent of world tobaccocigarette industry is small kings tobacco and many are
consumption. And Asia considered as an importantin Java. Expansion of the world tobacco industry
market future of the world tobacco industry.bosses squirm with aggressive and strong and try to
While 10 countries joined to the ASEAN approximatelymaster the current market share. White cigarettes
31 percent or 125.8 million ASEAN youth population areclove cigarettes fight.
smokers. Or about 10 percent-1, 25 billion-from theWho is most powerful? The smoking industry to build
number of young smokers smokers of the worldmyths, facts and misleading research about smoking.
continue to increase and the country joined ASEANAnd we know that the victims of the battle is the
contributed to the death rate from smoking as muchhealth of everyday citizens will decline. Indonesia and
as 20 percent!countries allow their citizens health downfall.
SEATCA is a partnership network of state agenciesThe facts of the dangers of cigarettes and dark
that merged into the ASEAN which undertakestobacco industry's propaganda is clear. Cigarettes are
research, advocacy and capacity building in each of itsnot for compromise but should be controlled and
members. SEATCA work and build advocacy missionregulated by the government and the legislature.
to its members who have made ratification of theIndonesian society should be aware that cigarettes are
WHO convention, tobacco control over the WHOnow become an alarming epidemic.
Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) -The event will end in 2007 Indonesia was elected to
including Thailand, Malaysia, Cambodia and Vietnam.conduct a global discussion about global warming.
While Indonesia is the only country in Asia which untilTook place in December in Bali. Global discussions is
this moment has not ratified these conventions.very important to discuss and take strategic steps
WHO convention on tobacco control is essential torelated to the issue of global warming and the
apply in the cigarette industry in Indonesia. Thisenvironment. Indonesia is also classified as bad in the
Convention will regulate and control the tobaccoenvironmental area.
industry. There are about 38 articles in the conventionIndonesia, including the red-prone areas in
and aims to improve the quality of global health.environmental issues such as illegal logging, mining,
Business development to move the tobacco industry isindustrial pollution and waste emissions from motor
not in the form of a single strategic one. Businessvehicles. This global discussion will produce decisions
strategy will follow the situation in each area ofand policies are very important. The result will
development. He worked to organize and determineencourage each state leaders and citizens to support
the target groups, facilitate the political policies thatand implement strategic measures to curb global
support good business that comes from thewarming today.
government or the people's representatives, to workI was shocked when he read a daily newspaper, the
with anyone to make promotional efforts and form aNational Journal. At the bottom of the column main
fully market.page newspaper ads plastered on the implementation
Tobacco industry to build its image through a variety ofof a global warming in Bali later. With a dominant ads
ways. From the ad creates a direct communicationwith light green color close to the color icon
with consumers by placing cigarette products throughenvironmental issues.
billboards, print ads and electronic media, posters,This print ad includes a statement or countdown days
accessories, colors and logo outlets that causes thein December 2007. These ads also put the name of a
image of tobacco products.cigarette company, Sampoerna and have the word
Promotional activities by distributing free cigarette"Green" which could also be interpreted to refer to one
samples, offers coupons, contests, lotteries, tickets toof the main products of the Sampoerna cigarette.
watch sports games and racing, music concerts, fundI am sad to see the discussion of global warming will
a film, talk shows, street party to its activities in thehave to obtain sponsorship from the tobacco industry.
form of corporate social responsibility or CorporateThe business and its profits are the majority coming
Social Responsibility (CSR ) which supportsfrom Indonesia's poor. Perhaps the sadness I continue
scholarships, environmental aid projects and otherto dissolve and be a voice lost and forgotten in the
activities under the company name or the name of thenoisy turmoil of global warming event later.
tobacco industry products. Including providingThis should be an important note, the mirror itself and
scholarships to journalists and school children arebecomes a question of us all. Environmental issues are
achievers.common issues. He departed from his conscience and
SEATCA survey research on the control status ofour common sense. What is worthy of global warming
the rules about promotion, advertising, CSR andevent comes from a tobacco company? Cigarettes,
sponsorship in seven ASEAN countries in 2007.however, the toxin and one of the main causes of
Including in Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia,death. Is not nothing wrong that the global warming
Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam. Five countries haveprogram would come from the tobacco industry?
quite strict rules to regulate the issue ads, prmosi,A pile of tobacco industry internal documents they
sponsorship and CSR.provided a clear answer. Problem tactics, plans,
These five countries include Laos, Malaysia, Philippines,strategies, political lobbying and build awareness about
Vietnam and Thailand. Of these five countries, Thailandthe error and dirty cigarettes.
has very strict rules against tobacco industry andI am very sorry critical discussion of global warming
conduct strict limits. Two of the most free, no rules, nothere are stains and thorns. This becomes a wedge
control and no restrictions are Cambodia and Indonesia!and a slap on the cliches of the world. As if life and life
Cambodia and Indonesia is a paradise for the tobaccois going on and started from a cigarette.
industry. The two countries are relatively poor countryCigarette slogan is not lip service. And strength in the
is not it? Indonesia is estimated to have poverty ratescigarette industry in Indonesia indicate that fact. And
of 49 percent with the cost of living average of twothis is not true. Tobacco industry is seen to make traps
dollars per day for America. Both do not have rulesand myths. Cigarettes are an important issue of
and restrictions governing tobacco control issueshumanity. Life of the cigarette world full of compromise
closely.power, deceit and dark strategy.
For the tobacco industry is the most profitableAnd it is probably true in the world struggle of
opportunities. Cigarette industry has any power andcigarettes, as he had been written by Ben Jonson long
capital to boost its business and profit maximization.ago in The Alchemist (The Alchemist) that "Alchemy
The industry offers a dream potion and promotionalwas a kind of game, Like a card trick, to deceive man,
advertising to the public to climb out of poverty.with great charm".