No smoking at city offices<\/p>\n
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta<\/p>\n
With little fanfare, Governor Sutiyoso issued an antismoking
\ndecree last Tuesday, prohibiting smoking and the sale of
\ncigarettes in city administration offices, Deputy Governor Fauzi
\nBowo revealed on Thursday.<\/p>\n
In an antismoking seminar at the City Hall, Fauzi cited
\nGubernatorial Decree No. 11\/2004, which regulates smoke-free
\nzones in the offices and special areas for smokers, which are
\nfitted with exhaust fans.<\/p>\n
"The decree also prohibits the promotion of cigarettes or
\ncigarettes as freebies for administration officials and staff,"
\nhe said.<\/p>\n
World Health Organization consultant Widyastuti Soerojo added
\nthat the prohibition did not infringe on the rights of
\nindividuals.<\/p>\n
"Smoking in public spaces is actually an infringement of the
\nbasic right of non-smokers to enjoy clean air," she said .<\/p>\n
Another speaker in the seminar, intern Tjandra Yoga Aditama,
\nwho is director of privately owned Persahabatan Hospital,
\nrevealed that Indonesians smoked the fifth highest number of
\ncigarettes after China, the United States, Japan and Russia.<\/p>\n
"The death toll caused by smoking is far greater than that of
\nAcquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), traffic accidents,
\nsuicides, even homicides... Eight people die every minute from
\ndiseases related to smoking," he remarked.<\/p>\n
Last year, Sutiyoso said he was planning a regulation to be
\nenforced by the end of 2003 to prohibit smoking in public places,
\nsuch as transit lounges, as well as private buildings.<\/p>\n
Despite the existence of Government Regulation No. 81\/1999 on
\nhealth protection, which regulates no-smoking zones in public
\nplaces, buildings and on public transportation, the policy is not
\napplied by most government offices, aside from the health
\nministry and offices.<\/p>",
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