A smoke-free Olympics

BEJING – The Chinese capital is set to implement provisions on its no smoking policy in line with its staging of a smoke-free Olympics.

The “Several Provisions on No Smoking Scope in Public Places of Beijing” will formally come into force on May 1, 2008. This is based on the no smoking provisions adopted by the Beijing People’s Congress in 1995, and further expands the no smoking scope in public places to achieve Beijing’s goal of staging a smoke-free Olympics.

The promulgation of the new provision is a major action conducted by the Beijing Municipality, and is also the city’s commitment to implementing the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control proposed by the World Health Organization.