China moves to ban public smoking

[Redfairen]

Source: CNN

China, the world's largest tobacco consumer, is aiming to ban indoor smoking in public areas by the end of the year.

About one in three cigarettes smoked in the world is in China, according to the World Health Organization. And more than half of Chinese men smoke, according to the Global Adult Tobacco Survey in 2010.

Although the nation's health ministry issued guidelines in 2011 to ban smoking in places like hotels and restaurants, they haven't been "strictly enforced," according to Xinhua, China's state-run news agency.

The China's National Health and Family Commission is now working on a tobacco control law with clear punishments, according to Xinhua.



Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/09/world/asia/china-smoking-ban/

[Comrade Grumpy]

1. Headline is misleading. The ban is on smoking indoors.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

2. Years ago I used to smoke Chinese cigarettes

when I worked for a Chinese lawfirm in the region called New Chinatown near Los Angeles. The brand had the curious name of "Long Life" when translated into English.

[geardaddy]

5. Those are Taiwanese cigarettes

I smoked them occasionaly when I lived in Taipei.

[cinnabonbon]

3. Maybe they should

cut down on the factory "smoke" instead. Seems like that does a lot more harm.

[JimDandy]

4. Good for them! n/t