The Commitment of Government in Tobacco Control: Content-Comparison Analysis on Policy Documents

Ryan Rachmad Nugraha, Jaifred Christian Lopez, Don Eliseo Lucero Prisno III

2017

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 its 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.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Nugraha R., Lopez J. and Prisno III D. (2017). The Commitment of Government in Tobacco Control: Content-Comparison Analysis on Policy Documents.In Proceedings of the 4th Annual Meeting of the Indonesian Health Economics Association - Volume 1: INAHEA, ISBN 978-989-758-335-3, pages 228-233. DOI: 10.5220/0007027702280233

in Bibtex Style

@conference{inahea17,
author={Ryan Rachmad Nugraha and Jaifred Christian Lopez and Don Eliseo Lucero Prisno III},
title={The Commitment of Government in Tobacco Control: Content-Comparison Analysis on Policy Documents},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 4th Annual Meeting of the Indonesian Health Economics Association - Volume 1: INAHEA,},
year={2017},
pages={228-233},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0007027702280233},
isbn={978-989-758-335-3},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 4th Annual Meeting of the Indonesian Health Economics Association - Volume 1: INAHEA,
TI - The Commitment of Government in Tobacco Control: Content-Comparison Analysis on Policy Documents
SN - 978-989-758-335-3
AU - Nugraha R.
AU - Lopez J.
AU - Prisno III D.
PY - 2017
SP - 228
EP - 233
DO - 10.5220/0007027702280233