China Sets May 1 Start for Smoke-Free Public Places

Big step in country with over one million tobacco deaths each year

Editor
Mar 24, 2011

Nowhere is the devastating toll of tobacco more evident than in China. Smoking kills more than one million Chinese people each year — one-fifth of the world total.

This week, China's Ministry of Health announced its strongest action to date to reduce this terrible toll: A new smoke-free policy that will prohibit smoking in indoor public places starting May 1.

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