Smoke alarm - Indonesians take tiny steps against Big Tobacco

FILE PHOTO: A woman and child walk near a no smoking sign hanging in a poor riverside neighborhood where locals have recently painted their homes in bright colours to encourage residents to stop smoking and promote a smoke-free environment in Penas Tanggul, East Jakarta, Indonesia, May 8, 2017. REUTERS/Darren Whiteside/File photo

JAKARTA (Reuters) - A neighbourhood in the Indonesian capital has informally declared itself a smoke-free zone as students plan further protests against what they see as an increased effort by cigarette companies to target the young.

Indonesia has one of the highest rates of smoking and is the world's fourth-biggest cigarette producer, mostly of the pungent "kretek" clove and tobacco variety, but parliament has proposed a law to boost tobacco output further.