ABC's Nightline Investigates Philip Morris International's Marketing to Indonesian Youth

In a new segment, ABC News Nightline returns to Indonesia, a playground for the tobacco industry where tobacco marketing is inescapable and kids can easily buy cigarettes right outside their schools.

The story continues a year-long investigation…
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indonesia, philip morris international, smoking baby, youth

New Australian Broadcasting Corporation Segment on Youth Smoking in Indonesia

A new segment broadcast by Australian Broadcasting Corporation highlights the alarming tobacco epidemic affecting Indonesia's most vulnerable population — its children. The story follows an eight year old boy who has been smoking cigarettes…
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indonesia, youth

Tobacco Tax Increase Immediately Cuts Numbers of Young Tobacco Users

A study released by the U.S. National Bureau of Economic Research found that the federal tobacco tax increase of US $.62 per pack in the United States in April 2009 had a substantial and immediate impact in reducing youth smoking. A simultaneous US…
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taxation and price, youth