Another step forward in the effort to clean up Beijing for the Olympics. From The Independent: China is the world’s most enthusiastic smoking nation, home to one in three of the world’s smokers. But, starting...
In a less-than-surprising development, it appears Beijing’s plans to ban smoking in public places during the Olympics are being reconsidered. From AFP: The China Daily had reported two weeks ago that the Chinese capital on...
From AP: Cui Dalin, China’s deputy sports minister, told legislators that the Beijing Olympics would inspire Chinese to live healthier lives. Then he stepped out into a nonsmoking hallway — and lit a cigarette. The recent...
Hans Troedsson, the World Health Organization’s China representative, acknowledged China’s efforts to improve environment, food and water safety and to promote public health awareness in preparation for the 2008...
From AFP: Beijing is about to extend a ban on smoking in public places ahead of the Olympic Games despite the Chinese capital’s image as a paradise for smokers who have faced few restrictions on where they can light up. According to a draft bill published on a municipal legal affairs website, the majority of […]
Translated by CDT from Xinhua: A recent survey of 180,000 netizens has found that Beijingers hate smoking in public spaces the most. And it pollutes the city’s air. Second and third most disliked bad habits are, respectively, aggressive driving and extravagant home-redecoration pollution. This is part of the clean air industries association’s campaign to “create […]
From Guardian Unlimited (link): It is going to come as a shock to tens of millions of lungs, but the Chinese government is planning a tobacco-free Olympics when the world’s heaviest smoking nation hosts the event in 2008. “Let a smokeless games provide healthy competition, a healthy environment and a healthy lifestyle,” the health ministry […]
From the IHT: China is planning to ban smoking at all venues for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, signaling an official determination to address a mounting public health crisis in a country of 360 million smokers.
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