Experts suggest to develop ** hazard control law

(Reporter Zheng Lingqiao) Recently, the "Twelfth Five-Year Plan" outline approved by the National People's Congress proposed to "fully promote smoking in public places." This is the first time that China has incorporated tobacco control into its national development plan. Recently, Tsinghua University and the China CDC (Center for Disease Control and Prevention) held a seminar in Beijing. The participating experts provided advice and suggestions on the "Twelfth Five-Year Plan" for comprehensive tobacco control.

Professor Yang Gonghuan, director of the China CDC National Tobacco Control Office, believes that “full implementation of smoking bans in public places” indicates that the government must actively promote this work in the next five years. There must be measures, actions, timetables, and road maps. There must be support safeguards, including inputs and teams. The most crucial strategy in implementation is legislation. Experts suggested that we should formulate national tobacco control plans, issue laws and regulations concerning tobacco hazard control laws, and corresponding policies and measures; set targets and targets for “full implementation of smoking bans in public places” and clearly define intervention strategies and investment guarantees to ensure that in the next five years Planned implementation within the time.