43 Million children exposed to tobacco smoke

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head of indonesian parliamentary forum for population and development aisyah hamid baidlowi has revealed that around 97 million indonesian inhabitants are routinely exposed to tobacco smoke at their homes.
of this said amount, 43 million are children.
the prevalence of smoking in indonesian, she said, was ranked fifth among countries in the world with the top consumption rate of tobacco, which has rapidly increased since 1970's.
especially among young people above 15 years of age, the plevalence has increased from 26,9 per cent in 1995 to 31,5 per cent in 2004.
in addition, the usage of tobacco has long-term effects and lung cancer is the highest cause of death in the world.
"The world health organization (WHO) has predicted that by 2020, diseases that tobacco cause will result in the death of 4,8 million people every year in the world," said Aisyah during a seminar of indonesian youth as the main target of rapid cigarette marketing: should they be protected??