They carry a certain "coolness factor" and sound like they might be a healthier alternative to tobacco, but are they really ...

Indonesia is the world’s second-largest cigarette market: two out of three men smoke, and clove-laced tobacco cigarettes called kretek make up 95 percent of the market. Each year, more than 250,000 ...

"The cigarettes we seized were mostly machine-made clove cigarettes (SKM) from various shops," said Niko Hadi during a public event on illegal cigarettes at the Sematang Borang Subdistrict office, ...