Seeking Cigarettes illegal

A 2 x 1 meter LA Bold banner laid out in front of a grocery stall in Tebet Barat Raya, South Jakarta. On the left and right side walls of the stalls are plastered dozens of empty LA Bold cigarette packs, neatly arranged together.

Fitriyanti, the shopkeeper, stands behind a display window looking at his employees serving buyers. At first Fitri refused to be interviewed. However, after being persuaded, he too wanted to.

"About what?" He said, February 26 last.

When he found out about the cigarette banners spread out in front of the shop, Fitri paused before finally agreeing.

"The banner was installed with the same sales. Because I joined the program, "said Fitri.

Fitri's program is a competition between traders to sell cigarettes LA Bold aka aka per stick. In addition to installing banners in front of stalls, sellers must display empty LA Bold wrapper in the stall as proof of the number of sales.

A pack of LA Bold cigarettes containing 20 sticks sold for Rp12.000, and per stem sold for a thousand dollars. These sales are contested. Victory is determined based on the number of points earned by the seller. Points are calculated from how much cigarette packs are sold for ketengan and cigarette shopping to LA Bold official sales. One pack of LA Bold sold out for ketengan earns two points, while spending one LA cigarette on an official sale gets one point.