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Beijing started a new "Smoke-free" campaign, on April 12, to promote its strictest anti-smoking regulations ever by turning to a WeChat account to announce the law that takes effect, on June 1, Beijing Youth Daily has reported.
The WeChat account is intended to give people the access to more details of the new anti-smoking regulations, as well as information on how to quit smoking, and how the campaign is working. It is also working as a way to inform on those who violate the regulations.
According to the new strictest regulations, smoking is off-limits in all public places, indoor work places, and on public transportation and will even be banned in some outdoor places such as queues, or, in the words of one expert on tobacco control, "Smoking is banned in any place with a roof and outdoors in some cases."
People who fail to comply with the regulations can be fined up to 200 yuan (S32) in the case of an individual, or 10,000 yuan in the case of a company or an entity.
To announce the regulations 50 days before it takes effect, the Beijing Tobacco Control Association has come up with some hand signals that indicate "smoking is not acceptable here" and is asking the public to vote on which one conveys the sense best.
The three signs are:
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Cover your nose with your hand to say, "Your smoke is bothering me".[Xinhua] |
