Tiny village becomes Indonesian anti-smoking champion

BONE-BONE, Indonesia: Nestled amid mountains in remote central Indonesia, Bone-Bone looks like any other rural hamlet in the archipelago, with a modest collection of houses, shops and mosques and people quietly going about their daily lives.

But it is an unlikely champion in the fight against smoking in one of the world’s most tobacco-addicted countries, after it became the first village in Indonesia to impose a total ban on smoking.