Jakarta, June 3 -- The Health Ministry launched the #HealthyWithoutSmoking campaign to help the public break free from tobacco addiction through education, capacity building for medical personnel, and access to safe Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT).

"Through the #HealthyWithoutSmoking campaign, we are collaborating...to ensure that the public not only receives education on the dangers of smoking but also gains access to appropriate clinical assistance and pharmacotherapy," Director of Non-Communicable Disease Prevention and Control at the ministry, Siti Nadia Tarmizi, said.

Tarmizi stated here on Wednesday that tobacco dependence remains one of the largest public health crises in Indonesia, carrying serious social and economic consequ...