Author
Welker; Marina
Year
2024
Publisher
University of California Press
Language
English
Pages
29
ISBN
978-0-52039-968-6
Last Update
10-Feb-2026
Keywords
Anthropology ; Asian Studies ; Agriculture ; Political Science
Causing harm and death when used as intended, the cigarette is no ordinary commodity.¹ The kretek, in turn, is no ordinary cigarette.
The Indonesian government makes a simple distinction between kretek and “white cigarettes” (rokok putih): kretek tobacco filler contains cloves, while white tobacco filler does not. The difference is also communicated through product packaging; kretek must be sold in packs of twelve or sixteen and white cigarettes in packs of twenty, and three-letter acronyms on the side of Indonesian cigarette packs indicate whether they are kretek or white (sigaret kretek or sigaret putih) and hand rolled or machine rolled...
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