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Nearly
1.1 bln Chinese suffering from smoking
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English.news.cn
2014-12-20 22:32:53
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BEIJING, Dec. 20
(Xinhua) -- Nearly 1.1 billion Chinese people are either smoking or being
exposed to secondhand smoke, an official said Saturday.
About 356 million people
above the age of 15 are smokers, while another 738 are passively smoking, said
Jiang Yuan, director of Tobacco Control Office of the Chinese Center for
Disease Control and Prevention.
Smoking-caused cancers
and cardiovascular and respiratory diseases have imposed economic burden of
more than 223.7 billion yuan (35.9 billion U.S. dollars) for people at or above
the age of 35, she said.
"China has to adopt
comprehensive, long-term and effective tobacco-control measures," she
said.
China is mulling a ban
on all forms of tobacco advertising, sponsorship and promotion of tobacco
products, according to a draft regulation published on the legislative affairs
office of the State Council website in November.
The draft bans smoking
in all kinds of indoor public places and outdoor space in kindergartens,
schools, colleges, women and children's hospitals as well as in fitness venues.
Also in November, the
legislature of Beijing Municipality adopted an anti-smoking legislation to ban
smoking in all indoor public places, workplaces and public transport vehicles.
It is scheduled to become effective on June 1 next year.
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