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Chongqing News

Attention! Complete smoking ban in indoor public places in Chongqing from 2020

2017-02-22 09:54:07

Five strategies for realizing smoke-free institution (Data plot)

Implementation step for establishing smoke-free institution (Data plot)

CHONGQING(CQNEWS)--Recently, Chongqing Patriotic Health Campaign Committee and Chongqing Civilization Office launched a program to establish smoke-free institutions and held training meetings. The activity is to support the realizing of a complete smoking ban in indoor public places in Chongqing by 2020.

Hazards of smoking and no “safe exposure” of passive smoking

It was reported that there are about 300,000,000 smokers in China and 740,000,000 passive smokers. Home, public places and workplaces are places easily exposed to passive smoking.

Compared with non-smoker, the smoker has 2-4 times the risk of getting coronary heart disease, 2-4 times of stroke, 12-23 times of lung cancer and 12-13 times of mortality risk by chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Passive smoking can lead to lung cancer, coronary heart disease, breast cancer, paranasal sinus cancer, adult respiratory disease, decreased lung function, bronchial asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, stroke and atherosclerosis.

The 2007 Report of Smoking Control in China, indicates that there is no “safe exposure” of passive smoking. If someone smokes in a room, even if there is ventilation or a filter unit, or a smoking room, the smoking will not be entirely isolated. In a 35m2 room, the smoke from a cigarette can lead the PM2.5 within 1m to 800μg/m3 which is over 10 times of the recommended standard of the state.

Reduce the smoking rate of the over 15 year old population to less than 20% by 2030

The Notice on Issuing “2030 Plan of Healthy Chongqing” released by the Chongqing Municipal Government clearly stipulates that its goal is to reduce the smoking rate of people over 15-year-old to less than 20% by 2030.

The establishment of smoke-free institutions including setting special office for smoke control, implementing a complete smoking ban in indoor institutions, posting striking indoor signs about the smoking ban, having no smoking paraphernalia indoors, setting necessary outdoor smoking areas and selling no tobacco in the stores. (Translated by Ma Shuangshuang, Fathom Language Limited)

 

Editor:Jiang Yiwei