Tobacco Control

Smoking on increase in Shanghai's 'disaster zones'

4 Mar 2013

Officials referred to the three areas as smoking "disaster zones" and admitted the outlook for implementing the restrictions - imposed three years ago - was "not optimistic".

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Budget must increase cigarette tax

18 Feb 2013

Price measures have been shown around the world to be the single, most effective measure in reducing tobacco use, especially among the young. The protection of young people from addiction to...

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Briefs, December 23, 2012

23 Dec 2012

An anthology of 100 bamboo-themed Chinese poems has been published that features a foreword and a poem by former president Jiang Zemin.

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Mainland outlines plans to cut smoking, without graphic labels

23 Dec 2012

Mainland authorities have published a plan to reduce the world's largest population of smokers as part of a 2005 treaty, but without implementing recommendations such as warning labels that...

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China Digest, December 19, 2012

19 Dec 2012

The director of the supply and market co-operative in Lixin county, Haozhou, was ridiculed online after his portrait appeared on "anti-fake" labels on firecrackers, the Southern Metropolis Daily...

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It would not be feasible to make bar owners responsible for illegal smokers

27 Jun 2012

Allan Dyer's suggestion that bar owners should be held responsible for illegal smoking in their premises is too extreme and would be totally unjust ('Smoking bans are not enforced', June 20)....

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Opinion

Michael Cox

The last straw for Terry Wong?

2:53PM

Jake Van Der Kamp

iBonds are little help in easing inflation and a bad bet financially

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Letters

Bar staff have ashtrays for smokers

I could not agree more with Gibson Wong Lok-tak ('Many bars now ignore smoking ban', May 9).

The stagnant air sickens people,...

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Still hazy after all these years

For at least six years, from the time anti-smoking legislation for restaurants and bars was first discussed, owners have complained that a ban will kill their businesses, staff have fretted over...

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Letters

No betting rule hurts HK people

Japan's win against the US in the women's World Cup final has made the sport more popular than ever and one which I and a number of my male and...

4:34PM

Smoking ban on way for indoor public places

China moved one step closer towards honouring an international commitment to reduce tobacco use by banning smoking in indoor public places including restaurants, bars and public transport, but...

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Shanghai's ban on smoking coughs up little

Shanghai's year-old partial smoking ban, the first such regulation in a mainland city, does not appear to have been very effective, with just 12 organisations and five individuals punished.

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Lai See

For most Hongkongers, an easy commute is a dream

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