Yohana Belinda (The Jakarta Post)
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Malang, East Java ●
Tue, May 10, 2022
Illegal cigarettes have lost Indonesia trillions, straining the effort of controlling cigarette consumption.
In the last few years, the number of illegal cigarette companies and makers has increased, even after the government implemented a regulation to control illegal cigarettes, or Law No. 39/2007, which sets a legal framework for tobacco production.
The law stipulates that 2 percent of the excise tax on tobacco products is to be used for the improvement of raw materials, the development of the tobacco industry, social development, the enforcement of excise regulations and the prevention of the production and sale of illicit tobacco products.
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