The government has off considered banning cigarette advertising and raising the tax on smoking but the political will doesn’t quite seem to be there. Jakarta itself has put in place a largely ignored and unenforced ban on smoking in public places, passive smoking being a danger to Jakarta’s pristine air quality you understand. It would probably be far better to make catalytic converters on cars compulsory, but the passive smoking lobby will have their way. I have often wished that passive drinking were possible and that I could walk into a bar and get tipsy without spending a penny… or spending a penny.
