Chinese Media Embarks On Month Long Anti-Smoking Campaign

Chinese Media Embarks On Month Long Anti-Smoking Campaign
May 07, 2014 By eChinacities.com

Chinese media will embark on a nationwide, month long anti-smoking campaign called “supporting the ban on public smoking for yourself and others”. Initiated by the China Center for Health Education, the campaign aims to raise mass public awareness of the dangers of the tobacco industry, one of the biggest industries in the country.

China has more than 300 million active smokers, which makes up just under 30% of the world’s total smoking population.

Mao Qun’an, spokesperson for the National Health and Family Planning Commission, says that the people haven’t been made aware of the dangers of smoking and he hopes this campaign will begin to loosen the stranglehold that tobacco has on mainland China.

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FHJZ

There should be banned in smoking in toilets in shopping ctrs and food courts..every time those clowns goes in whether a pee or a dump, they smoked..and the toilet attendants closed both eyes..

May 08, 2014 13:46 Report Abuse

cooter

And then after a month, you'll never hear about it again, and we'll regress right back to where we started.....assuming any improvement was made at all (highly doubtful!).

May 08, 2014 08:54 Report Abuse

Vyborg

'The ban on public smoking' could certainly use some support. No smoking on the bus, except the bus-driver, of course. No smoking area in the brand new shopping mall if you ask... but those Chinese guys simply don't ask. No smoking in the dressing room of the swimming pool but what is that smell? A month! Nobody's gonna notice.

May 07, 2014 19:43 Report Abuse