Starting in June 2014 , in the Indonesian cigarette packs will be required to include pictorial warnings . As part of the socialization , the teens paraded coffins pictorial diseases that will be included in packs of cigarettes.
The images that are perforated for example neck cancer of the larynx , lips rot as well as cancer , and lung blackened by smoke toxins . In total there are 5 choices images warning of the dangers of cigarette smoking will be offered to the company .
" Why do we use a coffin, it's a reminder that smoking is deadly , " said Taufik from club Heart Healthy Teens detikHealth when found in the arena of Car Free Day ( CFD ) , Jl Thamrin , Central Jakarta , Sunday ( 02/02/2014 ) .
Activities long march carrying the coffin -shaped cardboard conducted in order to kick off the socialization of pictorial warnings that done today . The event was also attended by representatives from the Ministry of Health , as well as the National Commission on Tobacco Control .
Prof. Dr. Tjandra Yoga Aditama as Director General of Disease Control and Environmental Health ( P2PL ) said that this activity is done to increase public awareness or consciousness . According to the Global Adult Tobacco Survey ( GATS ) in 2011 , 36.1 percent of adults were smokers in Indonesia .
The number of smokers among young people has recorded quite high . GATS 2011 recorded 20.3 percent of children aged 13-15 were current smokers .
" Cigarette consumption in Indonesia increased significantly due to population growth , the inexpensive price of cigarettes and tobacco industry strategy is very aggressive , " said Prof. Tjandra .
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