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Adi (15), smokes at a coffee shop with his friends on March 7, 2017 in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Smoking among Indonesian children has reportedly been on the rise despite recent bans on smoking in public places and prohibitions on cigarette ads with an estimated 20 million child smokers under the age of 10, according to reports. Smoking has been ingrained in Indonesian culture with over 70 percent of the country's men smoking, while health activists describe Indonesia as a sanctuary for big tobacco companies. Underage smoking in Indonesia has become a problem that transcends class as it rises in popularity among the poor. Many locals make their livelihood through tobacco farms, which produce locally made cigarettes called kreteks, a blend of tobacco and cloves, and surrounded by cigarettes from an early age. (Photo by Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images)
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