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Salihara in Pasar Minggu, South Jakarta. Under the bylaw, stores that sell cigarettes could no longer display them openly. Displaying the name or logo of any brand of cigarettes would be prohibited as well.
The council handed the draft bylaw to the city administration in a plenary meeting on March Rather, it added, it is aimed at regulating smoking in the hope of protecting people from secondhand smoke exposure and preventing the up-take of smoking. This was much less, it asserted, than the administration's spending on medical treatments for cigarette-related health problems.
The draft bylaw is the latest measure taken by the Jakarta administration to curb cigarette smoking and exposure to tobacco smoke in the city. With the signing of Gubernatorial Decree Pergub No. Earlier, Pergub No. It is hoped that Jakarta will be free from outdoor and indoor cigarette ads before the end of this year. The tougher restrictions on outdoor and indoor cigarette advertising have drawn sharp criticisms from tobacco manufactures.
To prevent negative impacts of tobacco advertising, four years ago the government issued Government Regulation PP No. According to PP , tobacco companies can still advertise their products in outdoor spaces but need to meet some requirements. The size of each ad displayed must not exceed 72 square meters, for example. They are also not allowed to display tobacco ads on main roads. The regulation also restricted the broadcasting of smoking ads on television to between p.
