China: 540 Million People Exposed To Secondhand Smoke

540 million Chinese people suffer from exposure to secondhand smoke, including 180 million youths under 15 years of age. These findings led to a high level conference which focused on tobacco control. The delegates called for a national law banning smoking in all public places, similar to measures that have been introduced in parts of Europe and North America. Other statistics released at the conference show that China now has 350 million smokers. [click link for full article]

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Filed under: Smoking / Quit Smoking on December 29th, 2007