Reducing Cigarette Uptake in Indonesia: Stakeholders' Roles and Lessons Learned

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Contents
INTRODUCTION.................................................................................................................................2
Country profile......................................................................................................................................2
Country health priorities and policies....................................................................................................3
Key stakeholders roles...........................................................................................................................4
Lesson learnt.........................................................................................................................................4
CONCLUSION.....................................................................................................................................5
REFERENCES......................................................................................................................................5

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INTRODUCTION
One of the highest selling products in the world is Cigarette. Even when the product is
injurious to health people are taking it on regular basis. Indonesia is a densely polluted
country which is facing the health challenges due to excessive smoking habits in the people
of adolescent’s age (Indonesia, 2012). Government of Indonesia is trying hard to reduce the
uptake of Cigarette smoking in the adolescents. There are any donor countries that are also
helping Indonesia in coming out of this crisis. This report elaborates the role of the
stakeholder and the policies that are made by the government in fighting this challenge. It
also describes the priorities and policies made in the nation so as to improve the situation.
Country profile
Indonesia is a South-east Asian country. It is the largest island country with more than
thirteen thousand islands. It is having more than 261 million people and hence the 4th most
populous nation as well as most populous island. Its population growth is at 1.9% and 58% of
them lives in Java. In the Java Island the population is unevenly populated. This country has
youngsters as major part of the population as the median age of the country is 28.6 years. It is
a member of G20 and has highest economy in Southeast Asia. It is having a GDP of
US$1.074 trillion which makes it 16th largest economy in the world. Its largest sector is
service sector with 43.3% GDP, manufacturing contributes 42.9% and agriculture contributes
13.7%. Most of the people are also employed in service sector (Tangcharoensathien,
Patcharanarumol, Ir, Aljunid, Mukti, Akkhavong ... & Mills, 2011).
Government’s expenditure on healthcare is about 2.9% of GDP. Every citizen is protected
under the National health Insurance. All the citizens are provided health services through
public and private organisations. It is assumed that the spending on the healthcare is going to
increase by 12% a year and by 2019 it is expected to reach US$46 Billion. In the recent
decades, the health indicators have improved significant since life expectancy has gone up to
71 in 2012 to 63 in 1990 (WHO, 2018). The child mortality rate has declined from 85 deaths
per 1000 births in 1990 to 27 deaths in 2015. The major health challenges include low quality
air, high rate of smoking, malnutrition and communicable diseases. The smoking habits are
increasing in the adolescence whether male or female. According to the WHO report the
difference in rural and urban areas in terms of female population which does smoking is 2.1