Help Supporting Ecig Movement In Indonesia

[The Liquid Club]

Hi guys,

I am from Jakarta, Indonesia. Home of the 2nd largest smokers in the world.
Smoking is enjoyed by many under age children here. Many of them started smoking in the 6th grade.

You can watch the documentary of smoking in Indonesia here (by Vice News)


I have a couple of friends working in the media that says their boss are scared not to make positive news on ecig because it will make the tobacco company will not advertise on them anymore.

Right now, the tobacco giant is pushing hard on ecig. We can see all the negative news of ecig spreading in EVERY MEDIA NEWS in the country, on the newspaper, magazine, television, radio. The government even make an official public service advertisement on how bad ecig is and aired them everywhere.

The tobacco giant controls the media with their money. Tobacco advertising is still permittable in all media type here in Indonesia.

We have seen a lot of drop in ecig user in Indonesia since that negative movement. Many online/offline vape store here goes bankrupt because many people believe what the government are saying.

So right now, it comes to "The government want to ban ecig anytime soon", says all the media.

We would like to ask help from fellow friends here by signing the petition in change.org as below:
Petition · Menteri Perdagangan Rachmat Gobel: Menghapus atau Membatalkan Larangan Rokok Elektrik/Vaporizer · Change.org

Please dont write the comment in English though, we just need the supporters numbers to increase so we can bring this forward to the government.

Thank you

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[alicewonderland]

i seen this video brought up in a couple of youtubers videos and it shocked me, just seeing how young some of these kids are that smoke. Some of them it's like 'what am i watching?" like how are they even able to hold a cigarette and take a hit and not gag? They look like they should be enjoying ice cream, cereal, sweets, yet theyre puffing on a cig holding it between their fingers like some kind of movie star from old times.

 

[The Liquid Club]

i seen this video brought up in a couple of youtubers videos and it shocked me, just seeing how young some of these kids are that smoke. Some of them it's like 'what am i watching?" like how are they even able to hold a cigarette and take a hit and not gag? They look like they should be enjoying ice cream, cereal, sweets, yet theyre puffing on a cig holding it between their fingers like some kind of movie star from old times.

That is indeed a true story. I live in Jakarta, capital of Indonesia and seen all of the things on the video in real life everyday.

In rural areas, situation are much worse.

 

[bacc.vap]

Signed.