Abstract
Secondhand smoke exposure in Indonesia is high, especially compared to other Southeast Asian countries. Passive smoking leads to negative impacts on health and socio-economic well-being. Therefore, increasing the price of cigarettes and, thereby, increasing barriers to access to cigarettes could be an effective way to reduce smoking prevalence and protect people from second-hand smoke. This study aims to assess passive smokers’ support for cigarette price increases in Indonesia. We perform a quantitative analysis with a cross-sectional design. The data were obtained through phone-based interviews of 1000 respondents aged 18 and older in Indonesia. Only 596 nonsmokers were included to be further analyzed in this study. This study found that 44.1% respondents have at least one family member who smokes. We considered the respondents’ age, gender, education level, employment, and the number of people living in the respondent’s household that are exposed to passive smoking. Our results demonstrate that passive smokers support stronger tobacco control such as increasing cigarette prices, regulating smoking behavior using a religious approach (Fatwa), and applying more effective pictorial health warnings.
Highlights
Tobacco use is the leading contributor to non-communicable disease and kills an estimated seven million people in the world each year
Among passive smokers (n = 263), 39.0% identified themselves as ex-smoker)
In terms of respondents’ gender, most are female). Both age and gender were found to be significantly associated with passive smoking
Summary
Tobacco use is the leading contributor to non-communicable disease and kills an estimated seven million people in the world each year. An estimated 890,000 non-smokers died per year as a result of exposure to secondhand smoke (passive smokers) [1].The data from the Indonesia National. Socioeconomic Survey and the Indonesia Basic Health Research show that smoking prevalence in Indonesia remains high (rose from 27.0% in 1995 to 36.3% in 2013) [2,3]. Smoking prevalence is 19.1% in Thailand, 22.8% in Malaysia, 12% in Singapore, 26.1% in Myanmar, 27.9% in Lao PDR, 19.9% in Brunei Darussalam, 22.5% in Vietnam, 28.3% in The Philippines, and 16.9% in Cambodia [1]. Around 85% people are exposed to secondhand smoke inside restaurants, while
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