Net cafes worst offenders under smoking ban

China Daily, March 1, 2011

Internet cafes and other entertainment venues are the worst places for implementing the city's smoking ban in public places, according to a new report.

The report, released by Shanghai municipal people's congress, the city's legislative body, on Monday, assessed the implementation and main results of the city's first anti-smoking law, which came into effect in March 2010.

According to the municipal's regulation on smoking control in public places, a total of 16 types of public venues - including hospitals, schools, bars, restaurants and hotels - are required to establish designated non-smoking areas and put up signs against smoking.

Individuals who smoke in banned areas will first be warned by supervisors, and then fined 50 to 200 yuan (US$7.60 to US$30.40) if they refuse to stop.

"The law has produced some good results after a year's implementation," said Li Zhongyang, director of the Shanghai health promotion committee.

"Through the spot-checks and undercover visits, we found fewer people smoking in smoking-free areas compared with the first months after the city enacted its public place smoking control law."

Li added that more than 90 percent of people surveyed welcomed the ban.

The survey, conducted by Shanghai Health Education Institute in September 2010, polled more than 31,000 people in the city's 1,615 smoking-free public venues and found that the smoking rate in these places was 18.6 percent, while it was 37.6 percent about a year ago.

It also found that 54 percent of public venues had put up signs to dissuade patrons from smoking, compared with the previous rate of 45.5 percent.

Meanwhile, 98.4 percent of people said they knew that "tobacco harms health".

"But we also found problems and difficulties with the new law during our inspection," Li added.

The survey found that Internet cafes were the worst offenders under the new law, which imposes a total ban on smoking in Internet cafes.

About 56.8 percent of Internet cafes in Shanghai have ignored the law and allowed patrons to smoke.

The next worst venues were entertainment places at 37.4 percent and restaurants at 32.8 percent.

"Enforcement and supervision of the smoking ban are difficult as smokers can finish smoking and leave the scene long before law enforcement officials arrive," Li said.

"These places will be the focal point of our next program," said Shan Xuewei, an official of Shanghai public safety bureau, noting that the bureau will increase publicity and supervision of Internet cafes and other entertainment venues.

Shanghai's supervision departments inspected more than 212,000 public venues in 2010, and 3,494 places had been found to have various problems with the ban, the report said.

Meanwhile, 12 venues and five individuals have been fined a total of 25,400 yuan for failing to comply with the smoking ban. As well, 67 public transport operators were fined a total of 7,700 yuan.

"Smoking control is a long-term project. It's not easy for someone to quit a habit they have had for many years," said Sun Yunshi, director of the education and health committee of the municipal people's congress.

"We should constantly promote health to residents, helping them to gradually quit the habit."

主站蜘蛛池模板: 众多明星短篇乱淫小说| 国产午夜鲁丝片AV无码| www.sifangpian| 无码人妻精品一区二区在线视频 | 成人自拍视频网| 国产精品大bbwbbwbbw| 999在线视频精品免费播放观看| 男女免费观看在线爽爽爽视频| 国产一卡二卡3卡4卡四卡在线| 黄色网址在线免费| 国产白嫩漂亮美女在线观看| 6080yy午夜不卡一二三区| 天天操天天射天天插| 一级性生活免费| 我的娇妻acome| 久久久久av综合网成人| 日韩中文字幕一在线| 五月婷婷亚洲综合| 欧美jizz18| 亚洲免费电影网| 欧美成人在线观看| 亚洲成色www久久网站| 污污的软件下载| 亚洲精选在线观看| 狠狠色欧美亚洲狠狠色www| 免费播放特黄特色毛片| 精品国产美女福利到在线不卡| 四虎影院在线播放视频| 色台湾色综合网站| 国产一区二区不卡| 色天天综合久久久久综合片| 国产亚洲3p无码一区二区| 韩国电影吃奶喷奶水的电影 | 国产伦精品一区二区三区| 91麻豆最新在线人成免费观看| 国产精品h在线观看| aa级国产女人毛片水真多| 国产精品JIZZ在线观看老狼| 视频免费在线观看| 国产精品三级在线观看无码| h视频在线观看免费|