Socialize government regulation about smoking!

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has signed Government Regulation on Protection of Materials Containing Form of Addictive Substances Tobacco Products For Health. PP is believed to improve the health of the people of Indonesia.

"But if the PP was disseminated and implemented in earnest," said Vice Chairman of the House of Representatives Commission IX Nova Riyanti Noriyu Joseph or was familiarly called, in Jakarta, Wednesday (01/09/2013).

Earlier, PP signed by the president on December 24, 2012. This PP cigarette set pictorial health warning area covering 40 per cent at the front and back of the packaging. In addition to pictorial warnings, PP also requires manufacturers / importers embosses ban on selling and giving to children under the age of 18 and pregnant women.
On the other hand, must also be included the text "contains more than 4000 harmful chemicals and more than 43 cancer-causing substances."
Noriyu said the PP was the mandate of Law Number 36 of 2009 on Health. The government, he said, is obliged to make strong regulations to protect public health. PP goal, said Noriyu, to suppress the negative effects of tobacco products, especially cigarettes. The problem, now misunderstood one of smoking among young people.
"Typically considered cool if baseball did not smoke when socializing with peers. Fact, nicotine in cigarettes is addictive. Businessman, who got a huge advantage but harmful to health," he said.
Democrats were compared with measures of other countries, such as Turkey, which has a photograph of the impact of smoking. Pictorial warnings it could at least make it uncomfortable smokers.
"If the existing regulations and the 'dreaded' with pictorial warnings but still choose to smoke, then it is the choice of each individual. Importantly all out government must provide health protection," said Noriyu.
Noriyu added, then the Ministry of Health immediately disseminate to all stakeholders set out in the Regulation. "Introduce and explain the substance of PP sanctions if PP is violated. I hope this does not become a bad habit that rules are made to be broken," concluded that psychiatric specialists.
Sources: http://nasional.kompas.com/read/2013/01/09/09024062/