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China to ban smoking in public spaces in 2011
By Zhang Jiawei (chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2010-05-10 17:31
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Smoking in indoor public spaces including public working place, public transportation vehicles and some other special outdoor working spaces will all be banned from January 2011, chinanews.com.cn reported Monday.
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Yang said a non-smoking campaign has been launched in the MOH, with the Health Minister Chen Zhu being the leader, to ban smoking in the MOH building.
China began participating in the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control in 2006, promising full implementation by 2011.
Half of China’s public health institutions will be non-smoking spaces in 2010.
