A National webinar entitled “Our Shared Responsibility, Ending Pandemics: Smoking and COVID-19 in Indonesia was held on the 16th of March 2021. It was attended 804 participants who consisted of national governments, subnational governments, civil society, NGOs, academicians, media, and others. Under the leadership of the Minister of Health and Vice Minister, The Ministry of Health is pursuing several strategies such as the revision of regulation PP 109/2012 to accommodate stricter tobacco control regulations including, the increment of a pictorial health warning on tobacco products from 40% presently, to 90%.They also support the increment of tobacco tax; national consultation for smoking cessation services; increasing education to the public through social media and the involvement of multi-stakeholders to accelerate Smokefree Area (SFA) at the regional level. High-level officials from the Ministry of National Development Planning, Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of Finance, Coordinating Ministry for Human Development and Culture, Mayor of Bogor city, and Head of ADINKES were also present. The high-level meeting concluded with 6 action points. Feedback from participants was very positive. 25 media articles were generated. Download the full report below
High-Level Policy Meeting, 16 March 2021, Jakarta Our Shared Responsibility – Ending Epidemics: Smoking and COVID-19 in Indonesia
