APACT Urges Indonesia To Ratify FCTC And Shun The Tobacco Industry
The 2013 Asia Pacific Association for the Control of Tobacco (APACT) Conference was held in August, 2013 in Chiba, Japan to address the prevention and control of tobacco use worldwide, with a special focus on the Asia Pacific region. One of the important achievements of the conference was the signing of A Declaration on Tobacco Control in Indonesia which was adopted by over 785 delegates from 42 countries assembled at the conference.
Unfortunately, Indonesia is not a Party to the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) and lags far behind many other Asian countries, which are Parties to FCTC and are enacting evidence-based tobacco control measures. Indonesia is an important member of the Southeast Asia (SEA) countries –which consist of the 10 countries of Association of South East Nations (ASEAN) plus East Timor. All of these 11 countries, except Indonesia, have recognized tobacco as one of the biggest causes hindering health and development and have already ratified the FCTC and are implementing it. On the contrary Indonesia, with a population of 240 million, is still allowing itself to be used as a platform to undermine tobacco control efforts.
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