An extra amount of pressure has been applied to the government by the National Commission for Human Rights (Komnas HAM), which is requesting that the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control be approved immediately (FCTC). It was said that the fundamental human right is to be free from the haze of tobacco smoke. In the course of his presentation at the National Seminar on Tobacco Control, which took place on November 13, Roichatul Aswidah, the commissioner of the Komnas HAM, stated that tobacco smoke posed a significant risk to human rights due to the fact that it was responsible for a significant number of smoking-related diseases across the entire globe. The Komnas HAM organisation is of the opinion that the government should implement the treaty in order to safeguard the people from the health risks that are produced by tobacco smoking. This would allow the government to maintain a healthy environment for its residents. Following the 56th session of the World Health Assembly in 2003, the treaty was approved. The primary objective of this initiative is to improve public health by regulating the use of tobacco, shielding individuals from the harmful effects of tobacco smoke, enforcing restrictions on advertisements for tobacco products, and raising taxes on tobacco goods. Due to the strong resistance from the tobacco industry, Indonesia is the only nation in Asia and, along with Somalia, one of the only two countries with a predominantly Muslim population that have not accepted the treaty. In his statement, Roichatul said that the fact that various ministries have diverse perspectives on the matter makes it more difficult to debate the ratification with members of the House of Representatives. Data obtained from the Demography Institute of the University of Indonesia reveals that the number of cigarettes consumed in Indonesia has grown from 251 billion cigarettes in 2009 to 302 billion cigarettes in 2012.
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