On a press conference held by China's State Council News Office on Jan 7, the country's National Health and Family Planning Commission spokesman announced it's will roll out a nationwide smoking ban in public places by year's end. The expansion of the ban showed the determination of Chinese central government in the anti-smoking campaign, and is wide expected to be able to change the course of the tobacco epidemic within China.
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Mao Qun'an, spokesman of China's National Health and Family Planning Commission, speaks at a a press conference held by China's State Council News Office on Jan 7, 2014. [Photo/icpress.cn] |