Smoking policies in different countries

The World Health Organization has designated May 3 1 day as the "World No Tobacco Day" every year, banned smoking or selling cigarettes worldwide, and asked all countries to widely publicize the significance of quitting smoking. National policies on smoking are as follows:

1, China: 20 18 On May 29th, China CDC and Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei announced the launch of the "Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Tobacco Control Collaborative Development Project" yesterday, taking the opportunity of building a smoke-free Winter Olympics and Paralympics in 2022 as an opportunity to jointly promote the smoke-free environment construction in the three places.

2. USA: On June 22nd, 2009, US President Barack Obama signed the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act. The US Food and Drug Administration has the right to reduce the nicotine content of tobacco products, prohibit making cigarettes into candy flavors to attract young people, and prohibit misleading labels such as "low tar" or "mild" on tobacco products. Tobacco companies will also be required to put the words "smoking is harmful" on advertising pictures on cigarette boxes. Even in the United States, illegal smokers are fined up to $500, and repeat offenders may be sentenced to imprisonment.

3. Britain: The British government passed legislation to ban smoking. From July 1 2007, smoking is prohibited in all public places in England. Smokers in non-smoking areas will be fined 50 pounds; Places without "No Smoking" signs will be fined 200 to1000; Business owners in non-smoking places will be fined up to 2500 pounds if they don't quit smoking.

4. France: France has set up "no-smoking rooms" in various places, stipulating that sealed smoke prevention equipment must be installed indoors, and those who violate the regulations will be fined 40 to 80 francs. It is forbidden to publish tobacco advertisements in newspapers and magazines, and cigarette factories must print a warning that "smoking causes cancer" on cigarette cases. From June 65438+ 10/day, 2008, smoking was completely banned in public places in France.

In order to enforce the smoking ban, more than 6.5438+0.7 million "cigarette policemen" patrol public places in France. These "cigarette policemen" are composed of police, gendarmes and military patrols. Once anyone is found to have violated the smoking ban, the "cigarette police" has the right to impose a fine of 68 euros on those who violate the ban, and the illegal public places will be fined twice.

5. Japan: Smoking is prohibited for primary and secondary school students, and offenders will be expelled from school. In order to effectively prevent minors from smoking, Japan Tobacco Association has developed an intelligent IC card. When buying cigarettes, you can identify and confirm the adult identity of the buyer simply by placing the card in a specific position of the vending machine. Since July 2008, people without this card can no longer buy cigarettes in vending machines.

6. Singapore: From 1986 12 1, the Singapore government has made smoking prohibition a national law, and all cigarette advertisements have been banned from 1990. Offenders can be fined up to $2,500 or imprisoned for 6 months. The school doesn't accept students who smoke, and drivers have to revoke their licenses if they smoke. Singapore's anti-smoking law stipulates that anyone who throws cigarette butts in public places will be fined S $500 or hit four boards.

Refer to the above? Baidu Encyclopedia-World No Tobacco Day