Your Smoke Is Killing Me The Jakarta Globe, Wednesday, January 28, 2009
While the Indonesian Council of Ulema, or MUI, decision over the weekend to make it forbidden to smoke in public places, and for pregnant women and children to smoke at all, seems like an OK ruling to me, enforcing it or getting anybody to even listen to it will be a tall order in Indonesia—at least from what I can gather as a foreigner living here. What makes it such a tall order is that people here appear to feel smoking in public places is their right. But what really makes my head spin are the types of places that are included as "public places." A few of my "I know I’m in Indonesia moments" center around smoking. One that never ceases to amaze is when the elevator doors slide open and reveal a guy smoking a kretek cigarette. Only in Indonesia. If the MUI ruling can curb puffing in elevators, we all should support it. Tony Broadmoor Jakarta Source: THE JAKARTA GLOBE URL: http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/opinion/article/7529.html Lebih bergaul dan terhubung dengan lebih baik. Tambah lebih banyak teman ke Yahoo! Messenger sekarang! http://id.messenger.yahoo.com/invite/
