The study results showed a high level of support, even though 32.2% of the people interviewed were current smokers. For example:
• 91.3% supported accession to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC)
• 95% supported a ban on smoking in all public places and workplaces
• 87% supported implementation of pictorial health warnings to cover 50% cigarette packs
• 82.8% supported a ban on tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship
• 77% agreed that tobacco taxes should be increased to make tobacco use less affordable
• 84.9% agreed that a policy on smoking cessation was needed.
Finally more than 93% expressed the view that Indonesia should join the global tobacco control initiative to combat the global tobacco pandemic. The Union and the Indonesian Tobacco Control Network (ITCN) hope that this new information will encourage the Ministry of Health's efforts and serve as an advocacy tool generating support for both accession to the FCTC and a national tobacco control law.
Smoking is still largely unrestricted in Indonesia, and 61.4 million or 36.1% of all adults currently use tobacco (MOH GATS 2012). Among youths aged 13–15 years, 20% smoke cigarettes; and nearly 80% of the smokers start before the age of 19 years. 97 million Indonesian non-smokers, including 70% of children less than 15 years old, are regularly exposed to second-hand smoke.
Although no national tobacco control legislation has yet been developed, sub-national laws have been passed in several areas.