Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia – President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) is reportedly preparing to issue new regulations regarding the safeguarding of addictive substances in the form of tobacco products. The plan is for these provisions to be regulated in a derivative legal product of Law (UU) No. 17/2023 concerning Health, in the form of a Government Regulation (PP).
Quoting the presentation of the Ministry of Health (Kemkes) in Public Hearing RPP Health Law on PTM Management, Vision & Hearing Health, Addictive Substances, the draft Health RPP contains a number of articles regulating the control of tobacco products and electronic cigarettes. Including banning a number of terms.
The RPP will also regulate imports and production including determining levels of nicotine, tar and other contained substances, provisions regarding design and information on packaging labels, regulations regarding supporting cigarette control campaigns, the role of the central and regional governments, and each ministry and institution, to advertising matters, incl sponsorship.
Responding to this, the Main Director of PT Java Festival Production, DewiGontha, said that music promoters or organizers of events such as concerts only need support so that the music industry can develop, compete and grow bigger.
“So that we don’t always lose to those on the other side. How do we do this? With the role of sponsors, one of which is a cigarette company,” said Dewi to CNBC Indonesia, quoted Thursday (16/11/2023).
“Actually, in general, cigarette companies are already regulated, they no longer use the term brands (brand of) cigarettes, even at our event branding they’re not brands their cigarettes, but brands others in the company,” he added.
Dewi revealed that the cigarette company which had been a sponsor of her music event from the start had never been asked to distribute cigarettes during the event.
“They sell cigarettes? Sell them, where? In areas where they are allowed to sell cigarettes, they don’t sell them freely throughout the event area, you know, in designated spots,” he said.
“Do they, if it’s like that for us (for example), entrust it to you? share I never smoked from the start either. We never share cigarettes. How to buy it? “Yes, those who sell from them, with existing regulations, and there are regulations on who (who) can buy cigarettes,” he said.
According to him, cigarette sponsors always follow the regulations set by the government. And, he added, when a cigarette sponsor puts up an image for its advertisement, it doesn’t mean that the audience who sees it will immediately become a smoker.
“I took an example, for example, I was sponsored by dragon fruit, I didn’t even put up a picture of dragon fruit, (the audience) immediately ate dragon fruit. So what I mean is, it’s not just that when they support our event, people suddenly all become smokers, not really. “That’s not the context,” said Dewi.
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