Increasing Cigarette Excise Tax Prevents Smoking Initiation in Children and Finances National Health Insurance in Indonesia

Authors

Ayu Tyas Purnamasari, Faculty of Public Health Universitas Indonesia, Depok, IndonesiaFollow
Pujiyanto Pujiyanto, Faculty of Public Health Universitas Indonesia, Depok, IndonesiaFollow
Hasbullah Thabrany, Chair of the Indonesian Health Economists Association (InaHEA), Universitas Indonesia, Depok, IndonesiaFollow
Renny Nurhasana, Center for Social Security Studies, Universitas Indonesia, Depok, IndonesiaFollow
Aryana Satrya, Center for Social Security Studies, Universitas IndonesiaFollow
Teguh Dartanto, Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas IndonesiaFollow

Abstract

Indonesia has ranked third among countries with the highest number of smokers in Asia because the price of cigarettes in those countries is still affordable. The strategy to make the price of cigarettes is not affordable is increasing cigarette excise tax. This instrument is considered the most effective way to control cigarette consumption. The purpose of this study was to find out how the public perceive the increase of the cigarette excise tax to cover the National Health Insurance (NHI) deficit and to identify the factors which affect such perception. This study used mobile phone survey and the sample were 1000 respondents. The list of potential respondent’s mobile phone numbers was selected using the systematic random sampling method with an interval of 100,000 to 200,000. The result showed that 87.9% respondents agree to increase cigarette price so that the children do not start to smoke. The majority of respondents (86.2%) also agree to increase the price of cigarettes to finance the JKN deficit. Perceptions of respondents who agreed to increase the price of cigarettes to prevent smoking initiation in children also tended to accede the increase in cigarette prices for financing the JKN deficit.

Bahasa Abstract

Indonesia menempati peringkat ketika jumlah perokok tertinggi di Asia karena harga rokok masih terjangkau. Strategi agar harga rokok tidak terjangkau adalah menaikkan cukai rokok. Instrumen tersebut dinilai paling efektif untuk mengendalikan konsumsi rokok. Tujuan penelitian adalah untuk mengetahui bagaimana persepsi masyarakat terhadap kenaikan cukai rokok untuk pembiayaan Jaminan Kesehatan Nasional (JKN) dan mengidentifikasi faktor yang memengaruhi persepsi tersebut. Metode penelitian menggunakan survei melalui telepon dengan sampel 1000 responden. Daftar nomor telepon seluler calon responden dipilih dengan cara systematic random sampling interval 100.000 sampai 200.000. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa 87,9% setuju harga rokok dinaikkan agar anak-anak tidak mulai merokok. Mayoritas responden (86,2%) juga setuju mengenai kenaikan harga rokok untuk pembiayaan defisit JKN. Persepsi responden yang setuju terhadap kenaikan harga rokok agar mencegah inisisasi merokok pada anak-anak juga cenderung setuju terhadap kenaikan harga rokok untuk pembiayaan defisit JKN

Recommended Citation

Purnamasari, Ayu Tyas; Pujiyanto, Pujiyanto; Thabrany, Hasbullah; Nurhasana, Renny; Satrya, Aryana; and Dartanto, Teguh (2018) "Increasing Cigarette Excise Tax Prevents Smoking Initiation in Children and Finances National Health Insurance in Indonesia," Jurnal Ekonomi Kesehatan Indonesia: Vol. 3: No. 2, Article 1.
DOI: 10.7454/eki.v3i2.3033
Available at: https://scholarhub.ui.ac.id/eki/vol3/iss2/1