It's difficult to ban smoking

The ban on smoking is unlikely to be achieved if we hang our hopes on a single law, says an article in the Oriental Morning Post. The following is an excerpt.

Recently, Shanghai municipal government has begun to strengthen its prohibition of smoking in public places. According to media reports, the venues where smoking is banned are likely to be expanded from the current "public places" to "all indoor working places" and a local law will replace previous government smoking bans.

The current Shanghai municipal government regulation prohibiting smoking was promulgated and implemented in 1994. The contents in this regulation do not meet the needs of today's society, a decade after its promulgation. It is now imperative to extend the scope of the smoking ban and include more public spaces in the new legislation.