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Cigarettes are a significant contributor to poverty in Indonesia. The National Socioeconomic Survey (Susenas) of March 2016 ranked cigarettes as the second largest household expenditure after rice.
In urban areas, cigarette expenditure accounts for 9 percent of total household spending. In rural areas, while still second in ranking, cigarette expenditure represents a lower proportion, at 7.96 percent.
This expenditure on cigarettes surpasses that of other items such as eggs and electricity, which account for approximately 3 and 2 percent respectively. In rural areas, spending on cigarettes even exceeds the percentage spent on housing, which is only 7.6 percent.
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