Report: Youth still have easy access to tobacco

Despite laws and regulations, young students in Beijing still have easy access to tobacco products and are regularly exposed to tobacco advertising, particularly at retail stores, according to a new report.

The report found that cigarette stores were found within 100 meters of more than 25 percent of primary and middle schools.

In addition, nearly 85 percent of those tobacco shops were caught selling cigarettes to minors, said the report, which investigated 1,570 schools.