Chinese smoker becomes younger gradually Legislate to forbid selling cigarettes to teenagers extremely urgently

Chinese smoker becomes younger gradually Legislate to forbid selling cigarettes to teenagers extremely urgently
Ministry of Public Health announced not long ago, from next January, would totally forbid smoking in all indoor public place, workplace, public means of transportation and other possible outdoor workplaces in the hinterland. If this action can be implemented effectively, more than one hundred million teenagers who are encroached on by second hand smoke, will obtain healthier growth environment. " China controls and smokes the report " that Ministry of Public Health releases in 2007 shows, the number of people endangered in the crowd of our country by passive smoking is up to 540 million, among them the children under the age of 15 are 180 million, the number of people dying from passive smoking every year exceeds 100,000. One which our country participates in " The global teenagers tobacco is investigated " Reveal, the proportions that and the public place is endangered of teenagers by the second hand smoke at home are 43.9% and 55.8% respectively. According to the assessment by World Health Organization, second hand smoke can initiate children's asthma, infant and pre-school children to die suddenly syndrome, tracheitis, pneumonia and ear inflammation,etc.. And only 35% of knowing rate which Chinese masses endangered to the second hand smoke, nearly exceeding 100 million children is endangered by the second hand smoke. However, only strengthen the ban on opium-smoking and the opium trade to the public place, can only let teenagers avoid " passive smoking " to a certain extent . And how to solve more and more teenagers " Smoke voluntarily " Question,also it answer it cause it is social concern. According to the information that Ministry of Public Health releases, our country smokes at present the number of people reaches 350 million, among them teenagers smoke the number is up to 50 million. Three investigation results of smoking in the whole country show, the teenagers smoking rate of our country rises, the smoker prones to becoming younger, compared with 1984, advance 4~5 years old at age that began to smoke in 2002. " China will control and smoke the report in 2010 " that Center for Disease Prevention and Control of China releases on May 28 will reveal, it is 23.1% that the teenagers of our country try the smoking rate, smoking rate is 6.3%. Until " whether 2008 the intersection of World Health Organization and tobacco global the report prevails ", compare with non-smoker, the smoker's life-span is low 15 years on average; The number of people that China because smoked and died every year has already been up to 1 million, China of Chinese man of age under 30 years old at present, 100 million people will die from the use of tobacco. Smoking is more harmful to teenagers. " health Times " in March of this year points out, a 20 -year long follow-up investigation is found, in the crowds began to smoke above 20 years old, 25% of the people will suffer from relevant diseases such as lung cancer, atherosclerosis,etc., and in the crowd who begins to smoke under the age of 20, this figure rises to 50%. A beauty of chief of school clinic of Beijing Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention says, in the environment of second hand smoke for a long time, it is healthy to not merely endanger teenagers, also will lure and guide teenagers and smoke. " China will control and smoke the report in 2008 " that Ministry of Public Health releases point out, the investigation reveals, of our country first cigarette that teenagers smoke have 40.0% whom companion offer, man teacher smoke rate up to 48.4%, their behavior of smoking has exemplary roles to students. It shows that the investigation counts, if parents all smoke, children do not smoke than parents as the smoker's proportion one time high. As to this, many people propose, the key colony banning on opium-smoking and the opium trade should be the teenagers. The hygiene Ma YingHua, Deputy Director of research institute of the Peking University children teenagers points out, most adult smokers all formed smoking 20 years old ago and got used to. The person beginning to smoke 20 years old later becomes addiction possibility is relatively very small. How to make teenagers far away from tobacco? China in environment protecting mode the intersection of federation and Vice President and concurrently general secretary know the east, think limit tobacco leaf, the intersection of cigarette and production of products, should improve the tax rate of the cigarette products and price of the cigarette products, should make smoker and teenagers of the low living consumption level unable to afford to buy the cigarette products, reduce, smoke citizen. " China will control and smoke the report in 2008 " that Ministry of Public Health releases will be pointed out, tobacco advertisement tobacco and sport, succeeding, independence, sexy,etc. if you can't link up, make teenagers not smoked dangerous underestimating, meanwhile, the tobacco advertisement of innovating in pattern or design, make teenagers over-evaluate the smoking rate of their companions and adults. The expert of China who controls and smokes association teenagers to accuse of the professional committee of cigarette points out, teenagers learn the first route in the cigarette brand is advertisement and movie TV, the possibility of seeing the most teenagers of the tobacco lens try to smoke has increased by 3 times. If see the idol smokes, non-smoking teenagers have on behavior of smoking agreeing the possibility of the attitude has increased by 16 times. As far back as October of 2007, China Youth Newspaper Office will investigate an investigation that the centre releases shows, 83.6% of the interviewees agree to control lens of smoking in the movie and television play. Member of the CPPCC National Committee, Zhao Yuan, researcher of research institute of literature of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, in this year " two Conferences " Point out in the motion, obtaining the behavior of smoking of encouraging teenagers too easily of tobacco. Zhao Yuan proposes prohibiting by official order school's accepting the tobacco industry names and offers, or accept various tobacco advertisement, promote and support. The shop does not sell the tobacco, can't set up the sales stand of cigarettes in range of 200 meters outside school in the school. The stones from other hills, can attack the jade. While forbidding the public place to smoke, especially pay attention to the ban on opium-smoking and the opium trade to teenagers abroad. U.S.A. stipulates, forbids setting up the cigarette selling machine in school and student movable area; The person who sells cigarette should have been found out to customers and has been already over 18 truly every year. The Canadian government stipulates, it is illegal that under the age of 18 to buy cigarettes; Parents or other people make the children under the age of 18 buy cigarettes, can sentence to fixed-term imprisonment for two years. The South Korean government forbids selling cigarettes to the teenagers under the age of 19, otherwise be fined 10 million won (convert to 69,000 yuan) Or is put in prison for two years. For this reason, someone proposes, strengthen the ban on opium-smoking and the opium trade to the public place and can no doubt reduce teenagers' passive smoking state to a great extent, but if you want to make the huge initiative teenagers who smoke far away from tobaccoing day by day, extremely urgent when legislating to forbid selling the tobacco to teenagers.

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