An Asia Pacific summit of anti-smoking campaigners Saturday urged Indonesia to regulate its tobacco industry and called for musicians to boycott events sponsored by cigarette companies.
The Asia Pacific Association for the Control of Tobacco (APACT) said Indonesia was creating a “public health disaster” by rejecting the global tobacco treaty and allowing cigarette promotion to thrive.
APACT also condemned international bands including Australia’s Wolfmother and The Vines for playing a major music festival this weekend in Jakarta which is sponsored by Gudang Garam, Indonesia’s largest tobacco company.
“Tobacco advertising and promotional activities in Indonesia are unmatched anywhere else in Asia,” APACT said in a resolution passed Saturday.
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