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SAMPOERNA CONCERNED ABOUT RISING TOBACCO EXCISE

Indonesia’s largest cigarette producer, do you know why...??? Because in indonesia, specially in sampang until sumenep madura. That all of people has an cigarette plants When dry season. In indonesia almost all of people consumtion of cigarette. The consumtion of cigarette about 302 billion per pcs on 2013. Every years  the consumtion is an increase. The government announced an increase in the tobacco excise by an average of 11.19 percent, starting on Jan. 1, 2016, after taking into account both the conditions of the cigarette industry and public health concerns The highest tax increase of 12.96 to 16.47 percent will apply to machine-rolled cigarettes, while the lowest increase of 0 to 12 percent will apply to hand-rolled cigarettes. Sampoerna is the largest listed company in Indonesia (in terms of market capitalization). .“Sampoerna president director Paul Norman Janelle said the tax hike would weigh on the cigarette industry. However, he appreciated the government decision to keep the excise on hand-rolled cigarettes (SKT) unchanged at Rp 80 (US$ 0.01) per cigarette”. From the all of information, people certainly to consumtion  the cigarette becasue cigarette is needs. Evident from the people said “ better to smoke than eat”, “ If i dont smoke i feel headache” and so on. The cigarette consumtion from low class until high class. Because cigarette make the consumtion ADDICTION. In conlusion, rease or not, cheap or expensive that not influence for other people, and people going to buy the cigarette.

http://cbe.thejakartapost.com/news/2015/11/13/sampoerna-concerned-about-rising-tobacco-excise.html