'Tobacco industry's Disneyland': Tackling Indonesia's smoking addiction much harder than it seems

Walking through rural Indonesia, it's not uncommon to see primary school children smoking cigarettes.It brings in nearly 96 per cent of Indonesia's national excise totalIt's just one part of an epidemic in a country where nearly 70 per cent of all men and one in five children aged between 13 and 15 smoke, according to official data.

While the legal minimum age for smoking in Indonesia is 18 years old, the industry remains largely unregulated, particularly in more remote parts of the country.

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