tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22031270.post5960938040831649133..comments2023-11-03T19:05:08.512+11:00Comments on Harry Clarke: Smoking bans deter the initiation of smokingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22031270.post-86838732451158848312008-05-16T17:10:00.000+10:002008-05-16T17:10:00.000+10:00I suppose that the 25% figure is that low because ...I suppose that the 25% figure is that low because smoking is mainly a male activity. i think a lot more than 25% of chinese men smoke.hchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13799594181016858701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22031270.post-15269974457473728122008-05-16T15:57:00.000+10:002008-05-16T15:57:00.000+10:00China, or at least Beijing, is bringing in smoking...China, or at least Beijing, is bringing in smoking bans soon. (in July I think) They have already changed the scope due to lobbying and have placed the onus on the individual not the person who owns the space.<BR/><BR/>So if you light up in a restaraunt (a common but decreasing occurence) it is not the owner's liability but the individual smoker. So its each smoker (who are mainly older men from what I can see) who takes the risk and a cafe owner can have 10 light up and not do much about it. <BR/><BR/>They are also striking a bit of resistance from the tobacco industry and outlets which is a state run monopoly.<BR/><BR/><BR/>"China, which consumes a third of the world's tobacco with a fifth of the population, must mediate between cutting health care costs and its financial stake in tobacco, which generated 240 billion yuan, or $31 billion, in taxes in 2005, according to a study at a Beijing University research center."<BR/>http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/03/14/business/tobacco.php<BR/><BR/>A ban on smoking in most public buildings has come into force in the Chinese capital, Beijing. <BR/><BR/>For every three cigarettes lit worldwide, one is smoked in China. Almost 25% of the Chinese smoke.<BR/><BR/>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7376560.stmAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com