Prepared, Cigarette Warning Images

Jakarta, Kompas - The Ministry of Health to prepare draft regulations concerning health minister pictorial warnings on cigarette packaging must be included. Pictorial warnings are expected to make people aware of the negative effects of cigarette smoke on health.

"No one who deliberately inhale toxins, (smokers do) because many do not know," said Health Minister after inaugurating Nafsiah Mboi Echelon I and II, Ministry of Health, Friday (1/2), in Jakarta.

Nafsiah said the negative effects of cigarette smoke information need to be disseminated to massive. One way, through pictorial warnings. Government Regulation Number 109 Year 2012 on Protection of Materials Containing Form of Addictive Substances Tobacco Products for Health stated that it requires the manufacturer or importer of cigarettes include pictorial warnings. "Currently we are in the stage of socialization PP and invite all stakeholders," said Nafsiah.
According to the Director General of Disease Control and Environmental Health Ministry of Health Tjandra Yoga Aditama, Permenkes be published as soon as possible. "Already there are examples of pictures, stay selected. There are from Indonesia, some from outside, "he said.
Separately, Development Coordinator for Health Warnings on Cigarette Packaging School of Public Health, University of Indonesia, Widyastuti Soerojo, said the pictorial warnings used in Brunei, Malaysia, Thailand and Singapore are from the Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance (SEATCA).
Widyastuti also a member of the Tobacco Control Network Indonesia explained, the process is very long pictorial warnings. The reason, the image must be supported by scientific data and testing in the community. In 2007, the Center for Health Research, University of Indonesia to survey pictorial warnings. Of the 16 images, selected five images is considered spooky and informative.
Related pictorial warnings, Head of the Food and Drug Administration (BPOM) Lucky S Slamet, said Thursday in a prepared NADFC to oversee the tobacco industry.
"Regulation No. 109/2012 provides a firmer mandate to BPOM to conduct more comprehensive monitoring. BPOM authorized reprimanded and attractive tobacco products in violation of the provisions of the government, "he said.
Liability cigarette manufacturers under Regulation No. 109/2012 is to include pictorial health warnings packaging by 40 percent. In addition, the manufacturer / importer must also embosses ban on selling and giving cigarettes to children under the age of 18 years old and pregnant women. On the other side of the packaging must be included in the text "contains more than 4,000 harmful chemicals and more than 43 cancer-causing substances."
New officials
The new officers were sworn in Menkes echelon, the Secretary General of the Ministry of Health Supriyantoro and DG of Health Effort Akmal Taher. In addition there are 21 Echelon II, among others, CEO Cipto Mangunkusumo (Czeresna Heriawan Soejono), Director of the department of Friendship Jakarta (Mohammad Syahril), Managing Director RS Ario Lung Wirawan Salatiga (Harry Trimurjatno), Managing Director Dr Adam Malik Medan (Lukmanul Hakim Nasution) and Managing Director of the National Center for Brain Hospital Jakarta (Murshid Bustami).
Sources: http://health.kompas.com/read/2013/02/02/08084542/