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Male Smokers Indonesia Second Highest in the World

Current global trends indicate a decrease in the prevalence of smoking, Indonesia actually has increased over the period 1980 to 2012. The number of male smokers in Indonesia is the second highest in the world (57 percent), after Timor-Leste (61.1 percent). Recent research of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington reveal it. "Number of men smokers in Indonesia has increased by two-fold since 1980, and the prevalence of male smokers in Indonesia is the second highest in the world, "said Nafsiah Mboi, Minister of Health of the Republic of Indonesia, through a press release received by Reuters Health , Thursday (09/01/2014 ). According to this study, the prevalence of smoking in Indonesia showed an increasing trend until 2012. It is estimated that as many as 52 million people smoke in Indonesia.