Smoking in public places in Hong Kong from 1 July will be completely prohibited. Smoking ban in pubs and even public toilets.

Uzhestochatsya restrictions on smoking and on Hong Kong streets, where already there are whole areas without tobacco, RIA Novosti.

According to statistics, in this special administrative region of China lived 750 thousand smokers, representing 13.2% of the total population.

New measures to curb tobacco use and the authorities have made mainland China. Thus, in early June, was aware of the decision to ban smoking near pregnant women. The pioneer of this innovation will be the city of Guangzhou in the south, where he soon come into force new rules to limit smoking. Under the new document, smoking will be prohibited in kindergartens, cinemas, and government agencies. Violators of the new order threatens first a warning and then a fine of up to 150 yuan (22 dollars). To those who would sell the cigarettes on World No Tobacco Day, May 31, will charge up to three thousand yuan (about 450 dollars).

authors of the bill say that it is designed to ensure a healthy atmosphere in the city in anticipation of the forthcoming there Aziady 2010.

Similar restrictions were imposed, and in Beijing in anticipation of the Olympics-2008. Smoking was banned in state institutions, hospitals, schools, museums, the Olympic facilities and taxis. However, after the Games, these restrictions in many places have been removed. So, today, smokers and people can be seen in hospitals and in the taxi capital of China, and even on the main stadium of Beijing Olympic Bird's Nest. According to statistics from the Ministry of Health of China, the country provoked by smoking diseases die each year about one million people - two people per minute. As there are about 300 million smokers.

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