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Constitutional Court favors Broadcasting Law on cigarette ads  

Jump to full article: Jakarta Post (id), 2009-09-10

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The Constitutional Court issued a verdict on Thursday in favor of the Broadcasting Law that legalizes cigarette advertisements.

The verdict stipulated that cigarette advertisements would still be legal as long as the cigarette was not banned.

"We reject the request from the plaintiff," Constitutional Court chief Mahfud MD said as quoted by kompas.com

The plaintiff is the Children Protection National Commission

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