It is a fact that Indonesia has the highest cigarette factory around the world. Based on Frans Rupang as Directorate General of Customs and Excises interviewed by Kompas.com (2010) said that nowadays Indonesia has at least 3.800 cigarette factories included the home industry spread at all over Indonesia. This condition increases the number of smoker in Indonesia with the fifth higher number of smoker in the world. In general, if the number of smoker increase so that the number of people who are suffer from illness because consume cigarette. The new phenomenon appears. The consumers who are suffer from the cigarette try to ask and also oblige the company to be responsible at them. This issue becomes very controversial. It becomes an arguments among people in terms of responsible and willingness. Thus, it is essential people should not blame the factory to be responsible to the people who are suffers from illness caused by cigarette.
Firstly, in terms of responsible, people should not blame the factory because the factory has already shows their responsibility. Since Indonesia became one of the biggest tobacco and cigarette supplier country, it can be found many cigarette factories open in almost every side of Indonesia, especially in Java. All of the factories have the regulation to operate their factories, included internal and external relationship. One of the focus of an external relationship is being responsible with every possible that can be happens between the factories and the consumer. The responsibilities of the factories give such as by paying taxes and giving warning. For every cigarette factories which have already legalized by the governments have had to pay taxes. They are an object taxes, operate taxes, place taxes, advertisement taxes, permission taxes, and more. The factories also give warning. Other responsible that factories shows is giving warning. The object of this warning is consumer. By giving warning the factories try to remind the consumer about the effect before people decided of being smoker or consume cigarettes. For instance, at Djisamsoe cigarettes there is a warning in the sachet written “merokok dapat menyebabkan kanker paru-paru”, complete with the illustration and also the Djisamsoe cigarettes produce commercial advertisement which contain a warning of smoker’s effects.
Secondly, in terms of willingness, people should not blame the factory because the factory has willingness to increase educational and job vacancy aspects by creating foundation and opening some occupations. It is not only giving warning, but also creating foundation. This responsible is an alternative for smart young people to make their chance by participating at some test to get some scholarships giving by cigarettes factories. For instance, is Beswan Djarum. This foundation is belonging to PT. Djarum which is one of the cigarettes company in Indonesia. This foundation is looking or more than a hundred students who have good intelligence and leadership skills. The foundation will give them scholarship for those who are selected. The factories also give job vacancy for Indonesian people by opening some occupation. For instance, almost every two years PT. HM Sampoerna held open recruitment for ages to have chance to work with them.
Some people argue that the cigarette factories have to responsible with consumer who are suffer from illness caused by consuming cigarette. It will help the consumer in terms of responsible and willingness. By giving responsible with consumer who are suffer from illness caused by consuming cigarette it can help them to pay hospitalize bill. This assumption is fully wrong. Consumers who are suffer from illness is not always caused by consuming cigarette. There are possibility if the illness may comes from other aspect, such as consume habits, life style habits, and other. It is also possible if the illness is already infected before they decided to consume cigarettes. So, it cannot be guarantee that the illness which they got caused by consuming cigarette. Furthermore, the factories have already paid tax for their product, so the responsible can be included at each product tax they are selling. Another assumption is by giving responsible with consumer who are suffer from illness caused by consuming cigarette it can shows the factory willing to help their consumer. This statement is not truly true. The cigarette consumer decided to consume cigarette by their own willing. The factories did not force the consumer to buy and consume their product. Instead, the cigarette factories give warn of the dangerous for consume cigarette to each of their sachet products and also give warn of the dangerous for consume cigarette in commercial advertisement.
In a shell of nut, giving responsible with consumer who are suffer from illness caused by consuming cigarette is not duty of cigarette factories. The factories have already gave responsible by giving direct warning in the sachet of the cigarette and commercial advertisement. The responsible also can be proved at the factories duty of paying taxes and willingness to creating foundation and job vacation for society. Considered from above statements and reasons, giving responsible with consumer who are suffer from illness caused by consuming cigarette should not be duty of cigarette factories.
Referencess:
Vania,nia. 2015.Rokok Bisa Tersedak Kenaikan PPN.Online access at 14 April 2015. Pemeriksaanpajak.com/2015/03/23/rokok-bisa-tersedak-kenaikan-ppn/
Azalia Illahi Hidayat Putri
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