Online e-cigarette promotion in Indonesia

Mouhamad Bigwanto1,2,3, Farandi Agesti Ramadhan4, Xenia Angelica Wijayanto5

  • 1Doctoral School of Psychology. Faculty of Education and Psychology, Eotvos Lorand University, Budapest, Hungary mouhamad_bigwanto@uhamka.ac.id.

Tobacco Control
|November 7, 2022
PubMed
Summary

Tobacco companies are heavily promoting e-cigarettes on Indonesian Instagram, exploiting a lack of regulation. The study calls for an Indonesian government ban on these online promotions to protect public health.

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