No MUI warning?

No MUI warning?

From Republika

The Ministry of Health, backed by the World Health
Organization (WHO), has warned the public on the hazards of
smoking. Cigarette manufacturers cannot be blamed for advertising
cigarettes, because they display this warning.

It is time for the Indonesian Ulemas Council (MUI) to issue a
ruling on this subject. In the 1700s, the Mufti of Istanbul
issued this ruling: Smoking causes bad breath. That was the
disadvantage of smoking that could be detected at that time.

Today we know that smoking entails many more disadvantages: It
causes certain diseases in both active and passive smokers and it
is a waste of money. Carelessly discarded butts cause fires that
destroy homes and forests and cause accidents, while excessive
smoking impairs physical strength. In some Muslim-dominated
provinces in China, for example, smoking is forbidden.

MUI must issue a ruling on this matter and should not feel
reluctant to do so simply because many Islamic elders and figures
are known to be chain smokers.

KUSMADI AE, Bekasi, West Java