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 is supporting by many acceptable reasons in the terms of responsible
and willingness. Therefore,
people should not blame the cigarette
factory to be responsible to the people who are suffers from
illness caused by cigarette.
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.
I strongly believe, giving
responsible with consumer who are suffer from illness caused by consuming
cigarette is not true in two term. 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.
All in all, 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 cigarette
should not be duty of cigarette factories.
Referencess:
Vania,nia.2015.Rokok
Bisa Tersedak Kenaikan PPN.Online access at 14 April 2015.
www.pemeriksaanpajak.com/2015/03/23/rokok-bisa-tersedak-kenaikan-ppn/
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