No smoking, please, this is our workplace
Source: Xinhua |
September 8, 2012, Saturday
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CHINESE and United States health authorities yesterday launched a joint program to promote 100-percent smoke-free workplaces in order to protect employees from the negative health effects of tobacco use.
Jointly established by China's Ministry of Health and the US Department of Health and Human Services, the China-US Partnership on Smoke-free Workplaces pledged to recruit participants from companies operating in China by January 2014.
Smoking in workplaces is a serious health problem in China, as over 63 percent of employees are exposed to second-hand smoke, said Huang Jiefu, China's vice health minister.
Huang stressed that tobacco control is an all-round systemic project that depends on the participation of companies. "Establishing smoke-free workplaces is the responsibility and obligation of business leaders, as well as an important measure for promoting a company's image and protecting the health of its staff," said Huang.
Howard Koh, assistant secretary of the US HHS, added that the US government will work with their Chinese colleagues on educating the public and promoting cessation services at workplaces. The campaign has already attracted 59 top enterprises operating in China, including Lenovo and General Electric, Koh said at yesterday's ceremony.
Jointly established by China's Ministry of Health and the US Department of Health and Human Services, the China-US Partnership on Smoke-free Workplaces pledged to recruit participants from companies operating in China by January 2014.
Smoking in workplaces is a serious health problem in China, as over 63 percent of employees are exposed to second-hand smoke, said Huang Jiefu, China's vice health minister.
Huang stressed that tobacco control is an all-round systemic project that depends on the participation of companies. "Establishing smoke-free workplaces is the responsibility and obligation of business leaders, as well as an important measure for promoting a company's image and protecting the health of its staff," said Huang.
Howard Koh, assistant secretary of the US HHS, added that the US government will work with their Chinese colleagues on educating the public and promoting cessation services at workplaces. The campaign has already attracted 59 top enterprises operating in China, including Lenovo and General Electric, Koh said at yesterday's ceremony.
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