Cigarette advertising is the enemy of the Joint

Because the impact on health and cause death. We must not tolerate sponshorship cigarettes. We must change the mindset, that smoking is not a sign of an honor.Never again that smoking was popularized makruh.Meuthia Prempuan Empowerment Minister Hatta said that, when opening a workshop on Child Protection from Impact Advertising, Promotion and Sponsorship smoking, the National Commission for Child Protection was held in Jakarta on Monday (28 / 1)."We have seen a tendency of children and adolescents smoking at an early age as a concern," he said.
Women's Ministry is taking care of children and women never get a fund of Rp 200 million from the tobacco industry, but it returned though in fact we need money. Even not only that, because of concern for children, we, said Meuthia, also do not accept sponsorship from infant formula, except for pregnant women because the destination is the mother, with the aim that she and her fetus healthy.
According Meuthia, so smokers should be made aware of the costs to be incurred from smoking. Survey years 1981-1997 at the lower income groups, medium, and high, indicating that the low economic groups, expenditure on smoke rose 227 percent, from Rp 343 per person per day to Rp779 per person per day. Currently estimated to be greater due to higher prices for goods.
"A heavy economic burden since nearly 60 percent of their expenditures still needs to eat, so clearly the impact of smoking on the process of impoverishment. Spending on cigarettes can actually be used to meet the nutritional needs of families (toddlers), especially in poor families, "said Minister of Women's Empowerment.
Meuthia argues, there is need for regulation to protect the public, children and adolescents from the dangers of smoking, until recently the government has only PP_Nomor 19 of 2003 regarding the prohibition of tobacco advertising on TV at tanyangan At 17.00 up to 20, places of worship, health facilities and education, wherechildren's activities, places and public vehicles. Prohibition of smoking for free, but its effectiveness has yet to be seen given the diversity of conditions and circumstances.
"Religious leaders and legal scholars about the need to disseminate smoking from the point of religious law (Islam), if necessary issue a fatwa is harder to remember mudharatnya smoke more than the benefits," explains Meuthia.
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