Monday, January 10, 2011

China will promote the public, the workplace smoking ban legislation

 China news agency, Beijing, January 10 - (reporter Ouyang Yu has opened Liming) Ministry of Health tobacco control compliance with the National Coordination Group on the preparation of performance plans in tobacco control, and actively promote the indoor public places and workplaces smoke- legislation. This is the National Health Ministry spokesman Deng Haihua information revealed today.



Deng Haihua here at the news conference, as the competent public health functions, would have been issued by the Ministry of Health, Workplace Health Management Ordinance to revise, where tobacco control is an important element.

He said that legislation on tobacco control plays a vital role, past experience shows that the promotion of international law and implementation in China, must have a strong domestic law as a basis. The Department will continue to comprehensively promote the creation of the National Smoke-free health care system to work with the education sector continues to create an event to promote smoke-free campus.

It is understood that some scholars have previously published report of tobacco control and the future of China, the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, the implementation of 5 years in China, the Chinese tobacco control only 37.3% of the total score points, a serious impact on China image. The report said China reached 300 million smokers,

Deng Haihua said:

the information he provided: Ministry of Health in 2009, the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine jointly issued such as 50% of the executive branch and the smoking of medical and health institutions; to the end of 2011, to achieve all of the medical and health institutions and health administrative departments smoking goals. Since then, Yinchuan, Shanghai, Hangzhou and Guangzhou, were introduced and revised regulations on tobacco control in public places for the local indoor smoking in public places and workplaces to provide a legal basis. (End)

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