Author:
Nabila Wahyu Syakura
Affiliation:
Faculty of Public Health and Universitas Airlangga, Indonesia
Keyword(s):
Control, Country Income, Impact of Tobacco Control, Tobacco, Tobacco Farmers.
Abstract:
According to the estate office (2002:1), it states that the notion of tobacco is as follows; the "tobacco plant known by the Latin name is nicotiana tabacum. It is one of the plantations that have important role for the national economy that is contributing to the state revenue through cigarette and foreign tax, and as one of the economic sources in the village in the form of smallholder plantation business". This study aims to add new insights related to the impact of tobacco control on tobacco farmers and the state revenue in Indonesia. The method used in the study was the qualitative methodology. The results obtained are from the employment aspect. The excise policy affects the sustainability of formal sector employment, consisting of 401,989 people, of which three quarters or 291,824 people are involved in the production of hand-rolled cigarettes which is a labour-intensive industry. When added to the informal sector, this policy impacts the lives of 2.3 million tobacco farmers,
1.5 million clove farmers, 600 thousand tobacco workers, and 1 million retailers. Based on this data, it can be concluded that the excise policy has an impact on the lives of more than 5.8 million people in Indonesia.
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