Smoking ban target for Beijing
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December 26, 2010, Sunday
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BEIJING will strive to make all the city's indoor public places, workplaces and public transport smoke-free by 2015, said local health authorities.
Hospitals, schools, theaters, museums, business halls, stadiums, offices and government organizations, as well as buses, taxis and subways, should hopefully be smoke-free by then, said Mao Yu, spokesman for the Beijing Municipal Health Bureau, on Friday.
The municipal government issued a smoking ban in 2008 ahead of the Beijing Olympics, but the rules haven't been effectively implemented.
Mao said, "The current smoking-control regulations still need to be improved."
He said the first step was for health authorities to better enforce the ban in medical institutions, as a drop in medical professionals smoking could set an example for society.
Hospitals, schools, theaters, museums, business halls, stadiums, offices and government organizations, as well as buses, taxis and subways, should hopefully be smoke-free by then, said Mao Yu, spokesman for the Beijing Municipal Health Bureau, on Friday.
The municipal government issued a smoking ban in 2008 ahead of the Beijing Olympics, but the rules haven't been effectively implemented.
Mao said, "The current smoking-control regulations still need to be improved."
He said the first step was for health authorities to better enforce the ban in medical institutions, as a drop in medical professionals smoking could set an example for society.
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