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Jakarta's poor spend more on cigarettes
Thursday January 05, 2012 08:03:01 PM,
AKI
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Jakarta: Poor
people in Indonesia's capital city Jakarta spend more money on
cigarettes than many of their basic needs, a government report has
said.
"More than 30 percent of the spending by poor households in the
city is for transportation, clothing and shelter. However, there
is another factor that contributes to their spending, which is
cigarettes," said city council speaker Ferrial Sofyan.
A survey by the Badan Pusat Statistik (BPS) -- or the Central
Statistics Agency -- said cigarettes had become the second most
important item of spending for many poor households, after rice.
The city council speaker said spending more on cigarettes meant a
reduction in allocation for other more important needs.
It also often resulted in the declining health of family members,
therefore leading to additional expenses.
He said laws would need to be strengthened to overcome the
problem.
"It is about time we push for the implementation of laws on
no-smoking zones," he said.
According to BPS data, the number of Jakarta residents living in
poverty has reached 363,420 -- or 3.75 percent of the city's
population.
Jakarta was home to 9.6 million people, according to the 2010
census
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