More than 100 volunteers took to the streets Saturday in Beijing, wearing T-shirts that bear the words "Say No to Second-hand Smoke" in an effort to bring awareness to the public about the harm of second-hand smoking.

According to latest report by Chinese Association on Tobacco Control (CATC), China now has over 300 million smokers, and over 740 million others are affected by second-hand smoke. More than 1.2 million die of smoking-related diseases every year.

"Smoking and second-hand smoke has become one of the biggest threats to public health," said Wang Haijing, vice chairman of the Red Cross Society of China.

RCSC initiated Saturday's public campaign together with CATC.

"Women and children are top victims of second-hand smoke, but over 80 percent of them lack courage to confront the smokers. They either go with it or just leave," said Xu Guihua, deputy vice-chairman of CATC.

A previous study has found that women who live with smokers are six times more likely to suffer from lung cancer.

Tobacco industry interference is the theme of this year's World No Tobacco Day, which takes place on May 31.

(China.org.cn May 28, 2012)

周六，100多名志愿者身穿印有“被吸煙、我不干”字樣的T恤，走上北京街頭，向大眾宣傳二手煙危害。

中國控煙協會最新報告顯示，中國目前有3億吸煙者，7.4億人受到二手煙危害，每年有120萬人死于煙草相關疾病。

中國紅十字會副會長王海京表示，吸煙及二手煙已經成為危害社會公眾生命健康的最大隱患之一。

周六的活動由中國紅十字會總會、中國控制吸煙協會聯合舉辦。

中國控制吸煙協會常務副會長許桂華說，婦女和兒童是二手煙的主要受害者，但80%以上的不吸煙者在面對二手煙危害時，缺乏站出來制止的勇氣，或默默忍受或選擇離開。

有研究表明，與吸煙者共同生活的女性，患肺癌幾率比常人高出6倍。

5月31日是世界無煙日，今年的主題為“煙草業干擾控煙”。