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Smoking control penalties to be applied in Guangzhou

(gz2010.cn)
Updated: 2010-10-20 11:29

Regulations on Smoking Control within Guangzhou City have now been put into force since September 1. According to the relevant person in charge in Patriotic Health Campaign Committee of Guangzhou City, the penalty treatment will be implemented later this month in accordance with the new Regulations.

An official of the Municipal Patriotic Health Campaign Committee indicates that, as stipulated, there will be an implementation phase of one to two months in respect to these Regulations. September was a period when public awareness, publicity and education took place, while October is for inspection and supervision.

Activities on the 14th October as to supervision and inspection of smoking controls were carried out for the first time all around the city. The person in charge has also stated that the aim of putting forward these Regulations and carrying out the smoking controls is to ask each relevant place to satisfy the needs of both the smokers and the non-smokers by demarcating smoking and non-smoking areas, as well as setting up the corresponding smoking control marking and control systems, and thus raise the citizen's awareness of the banner slogans "Smoking is harmful to the health", rather than prohibiting the smokers from smoking.

The same official also stated that the enforcement action will be taken again later this month, and those organizations which at that time have not made the required corresponding corrections, will be fined 3,000 to 5,000 yuan for each breach of rules in accordance with the provisions spelt out in these Regulations.

If any citizen identifies any operators or individuals who are violating the Regulations, he can report to the relevant department by dialing the complaints hotline 12391, and the department will inflict corresponding penalties on those persons. That is to say, the penalty treatment is to be implemented in accordance with the provisions of these Regulations as of latter this month.