Indonesia’s smoking children spark outcry

by ANTHONY DEUTSCH

When a video of a chain-smoking Indonesian toddler hit the internet, it drew outrage over the poor regulation of cigarettes in south-east Asia’s largest democracy.

Children make up an increasing portion of new smokers in Indonesia. About 1.8 per cent of its 60m smokers are now aged between five and nine years old, according to a recent national survey.

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