title: Strategies for an effective tobacco harm reduction policy in Indonesia.
abstract: Tobacco consumption is a major causative agent for various deadly diseases such as coronary artery disease and cancer. It is the largest avoidable health risk in the world, causing more problems than alcohol, drug use, high blood pressure, excess body weight or high cholesterol. As countries like Indonesia prepare to develop national policy guidelines for tobacco harm reduction, the scientific community can help by providing continuous ideas and a forum for sharing and distributing information, drafting guidelines, reviewing best practices, raising funds, and establishing partnerships. We propose several strategies for reducing tobacco consumption, including advertisement interference, cigarette pricing policy, adolescent smoking prevention policy, support for smoking cessation therapy, special informed consent for smokers, smoking prohibition in public spaces, career incentives, economic incentives, and advertisement incentives. We hope that these strategies would assist people to avoid starting smoking or in smoking cessation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory Medicine, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Fariz
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Nurwidya
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory Medicine, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Fumiyuki
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory Medicine, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Hario
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Baskoro
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory Medicine, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Moulid
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hidayat
authors.affiliation: Department of Pulmonology and Respiratory Medicine, University of Indonesia Faculty of Medicine, Jakarta, Indonesia.
authors.forename: Faisal
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Yunus
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory Medicine, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Kazuhisa
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takahashi
keywords: Indonesia; Policy; Tobacco