Smoking threatens young women-China Youth International.
Publicity for Shanghai's new smoking control regulations at the Shanghai World Expo Park on March 1, 2017 (Photo: page.com) Shanghai has brought in a smoking ban for all indoor public spaces, workplaces and on public transport from March 1, 2017. Smoking is also prohibited in outdoor places such as kindergartens, schools, maternal and child.
Cigarette smoking has been identified as a risk factor for lung cancer, but studies have shown a rapidly increasing incidence of lung cancer among female non-smokers.. said more than 700 million women and children in China had long been exposed to secondhand smoke both at home and in public spaces, making China the worst place in the world.
Smoking threatens young women-China Youth International.. Yang is a supporter of banning smoking in public places, and suggests the government also introduce other measures such as printing graphic warnings on cigarette packs about the dangers of smoking, banning tobacco advertising, and offering free advice on stopping smoking.
China’s tobacco consumption accounts for 44% of world’s total.. Experts have called on the country to pass legislation to establish a smoke-free country and comprehensively ban public smoking. In addition, the experts believe that China should reduce tobacco advertisements, increase tobacco tax, and make smoking cessation a basic public.
Experts believe that tobacco has become a global issue that threatens public health and brings serious consequences, and it’s a serious problem for China too. Smoking is a dangerous factor that causes major chronic non-infectious diseases, and these diseases account for 85% of the total deaths in China.
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