Heated Tobacco, The Golden Boy
By Manon Dillen (editor until January 2023), | 17 January, 2022
The Indonesian government is suspected of giving privileges to electronic cigarettes issued by HM Sampoerna. Receiving excise cuts, the IQOS and HEET products enjoy a fast lane to obtain the Indonesian Standard label, a coproduction of Tempo and The Investigative Desk shows.
Read the articles ‘Heated Tobacco, The Golden Boy’ and ‘Defeated by the Trading System’ about the investigation on the English website of Tempo.
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