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Government Requested to Forbid Cigarette Commercial 

TEMPO Interactive, Jakarta: General Chairman of National Commission for Child Protection, Seto Mulyadi, called for the government to be courageous to forbid any form of cigarette commercial. This is because the negative effects caused by cigarettes is more than the excise revenue. He also thinks that the corporate social responsibility (CSR) program of cigarette companies is a hidden cigarette campaign.

"What is called selling something doesn't need socialization, moreover through the media. They do free advertising through their CSR programs," said Seto after presenting the results of research on the cigarette commercial effect on cognitive and adolescent behavior aspects at his office yesterday (17/1). The research was conducted by the Public Health Department, Health Study Faculty Muhammadiyah Professor Dr. Hamka University.

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