Free Your Child from Smoking

Prohibition of smoking in children to put the child as an object / actor / suspect / offender legislation, the consequences of prosecution and penalties for such behavior. In fact, when children or adolescents will be smoker, they are not free choice. Conditioning the growth environment of children and adolescent that smoking behavior as commonplace and not against the law. In every place and time, children and adolescent view the patterns of the smokers. "Socialization" smoking can come from anywhere, from parents, teachers, leaders, big brother, idol, untill a model. Starting place of residence, neghborhood, school, untill the station there is always smoke. Society is often regarded smoking as an activity that shows the enjoyment, "masculinity", and strenght. Children and teenagers who are at the stage of the sense of identity, the stage of lookign for identity, including imitation, is very conducive to follow the same trail. Not to mention children's access to cigarettes is very easy. Cigarette price are very affordable with pocket money of the picther. With the money worth USD 1,000 they can buy cigarettes 2-3 stem. Cigarettes seller was there everywhere, in the same place with children to buy sweets or snacks, such as food stalls around the home and school. Not only that, when tha children were at home, even in the room though, they also offered a cigarette through advertising on television, radion, newspaper and magazine. When out of the house too, cigarette ads continue to follow along the way, various billboard, banners and posters to lure cigarette and presents the information that smoking will make the an adult, male, great, enjoy and loyal friend. Prohibit and make children and youth smokers as a prisoner and given a sentence is not appropriate and fair choise, because they actually are victim or are sacrified by their growth environment. Even the possibility to ban smoking in children will become "an alibi" by the tobaco industry that, "We (the tobacco Industry) are not selling our product (cigarette) to children, because it's against that rule. "So who is to protect them (The Children)?

Our Contitution gives this sacred mandate to parents, communities and countries to carry out protection for the children to grow flowers and laters received the baton of Indonesia