China nat'l tobacco control legislation
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BEIJING, Jan. 2 (Xinhua) -- China's top legislature is considering the country's first national tobacco control law, according to a report released Wednesday.
It is "quite necessary" to
enact1 laws to control the dangers of smoking, says the report adopted at last Friday's closing session of a bimonthly meeting of the National People's Congress (NPC)
Standing2 Committee, adding that such laws should be included in future legislation work plans after proper preparation.
China is the world's largest tobacco-producing and -consuming country, with more than 300 million
smokers3 and another 740 million people exposed to
second-hand4 smoke, according to official statistics released in May.
However, only a few provinces and cities have
enacted5 local legislation on public smoking bans, and no special law has been adopted at the national level.
During the NPC's plenary session in March, 90 NPC deputies submitted three bills on drafting a law on the prevention and control of tobacco hazards, according to the report from the Education, Science, Culture and Health Committee (ESCHC) of the NPC.
It also
specifies6 that 139 deputies put forward another four bills calling for new laws on smoke-free public areas.
The ESCHC suggested that central
administrative7 authorities in charge of related issues carefully study the bills and
promptly8 carry out the research and
investigation9 work necessary for drafting, it says.
China
ratified10 the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) in 2003, pledging measures to
curb11 tobacco use.
The central government has pledged to introduce a public smoking ban in its 12th Five-year Plan (2011-2015) period.
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