The Jakarta Post 

　　Jakarta: Without tougher efforts to control cigarette consumption, Indonesia is likely to fail to reap the "demographic dividends" which may occur in the decade between 2020-2030, a demographer says.

　　Abdillah Ahsan, a researcher from the Demographic Institute of the University of Indonesia (UI)'s School of Economics, said on Friday that increased cigarette consumption would damage Indonesians' health-related quality of life, possibly affecting the country's success in achieving its demographic dividend.

　　"I am worried that we may not be able to achieve our demographic bonus during the period of 2020-2030 unless we strive for tougher efforts to control cigarette consumption in our country," he told a press briefing on tobacco control at the Health Ministry.

　　Indonesia will enjoy its first ever "window of opportunity" during 2020-2030, during which the country's dependency ratio is expected to reach 44 per 100 people of productive age. This means that in a family of four, three out of four people in the family are economically productive, while only having to cover the costs of one family member.