Authors:
Ryan Rachmad Nugraha
1
;
Jaifred Christian Lopez
2
and
Don Eliseo Lucero Prisno III
3
Affiliations:
1
Center for Health Economics and Policy Studies, School of Public Health and Universitas Indonesia, Indonesia
;
2
San Beda College, 638 Mendiola St. San Miguel and Office of Research and Innovation, Philippines
;
3
School of Public Health and Xian Jiaotong - Liverpool University, China
Keyword(s):
Government Commitment, Tobacco Control, Comparison Analysis, Indonesia, Philippines
Abstract:
Tobacco is a threat to Indonesian Health Coverage. In 2013, up to IDR 5 trillion has been spent due to treating tobacco-related diseases, with approximately IDR 234.5 trillion potential loss on income due reduced productivity. Framework Convention on Tobacco control (FCTC) came as an answer to tackle this problem globally. Unfortunately, Indonesia hasn’t signed its FCTC yet, unlike its peers from South-east Asia. Philippine, as a country with same geographical and custom as Indonesia, has already signed and benefit from it. In order to gain insight on the commitment and its after-effects, we conducted comparative content analysis on 37 legal documents from both countries related to tobacco control. The result is quite shocking. From 16 category of public spaces identified, Philippine bans 69% of them from cigarette smoke, while Indonesia only restrict it. On the advertising sector, while Philippine has banned domestic media (TV and radio) from tobacco adv., Indonesia only restrict it
s permit. Commitment from regulator is needed especially for aforementioned sectors to ensure better tobacco control. While in the other hand, such findings can also be a strong reason for Indonesia to sign FCTC as soon as possible.
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