China News Service, July 16th. Mao Qun'an, Director of the Planning Department of the National Health Commission, stated on the 16th that the tobacco control action is an important action to intervene in health influencing factors in the entire Healthy China action. Many cities in Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen and Xi'an have already implemented it. We are also actively promoting national-level legislation on tobacco control regulations in public places. At the same time, we also require all localities to introduce tobacco control laws and regulations based on local actual conditions.

　　The National Health Commission held a press conference on the 16th. At the meeting, reporters asked questions about the progress of China's tobacco control legislation and whether it can accomplish the mission of a healthy China?

　　Mao Qun'an said that the tobacco control action is also an important action to intervene in health influencing factors in the entire Healthy China action, because tobacco has an impact on health, which is the consensus of the world.

In our country, the harm of tobacco is still an issue that cannot be ignored. Legislation is adopted to protect public places and indoor working environments, including our public transportation, to form a non-smoking environment, which is a very important measure to protect public health.

　　Mao Qun'an said that the reporter mentioned just now that many cities in Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, and Xi'an have implemented regulations on tobacco control in public places. We are also actively promoting national-level legislation. At the same time, we also require various localities to introduce tobacco control in accordance with local conditions. Laws and regulations.

In our tobacco control actions, we also require all units to conduct control within the units, and to ban smoking in our office premises.

It was specifically pointed out in the tobacco control action that we want to create smoke-free party and government agencies, smoke-free hospitals, and smoke-free schools across the country. It should be said that these actions have achieved very good results.

　　"But at the national level, advancing legislation and implementing tobacco control in public places is still a difficult task." Mao Qun'an said.