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Lawmakers have inserted an article on clove cigarettes into a draft law on culture. The plan to name them a cultural heritage has many scratching their heads.

Kretek (clove cigarettes) has been included in the Paragraph 1, Article 37 on the appreciation, recognition and protection of cultural heritage. Article 49 tasks the government with promoting kretek as a cultural heritage.

Taufiqul Hadi, a lawmaker from the National Democrat (NasDem) Par

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