Macao's Health Bureau (HB) will launch a month-long consultation
period in September on its tobacco law amendment bill, local media
reported Monday.
The Macao Post Daily quoted HB sources as saying that
the changes will include a steep increase in the tobacco tax,
stricter restrictions on tobacco ads, starkly visible health
warnings on cigarette packets, and an extension of non-smoking
areas.
The HB has opened special mailbox, e-mail address and hotline
numbers for the public to submit their views, the sources told the
newspaper.
(Xinhua News Agency August 13, 2007)