Enforce ban on smoking
While the whole of society is talking about ways to stop people smoking, Beijing Capital International Airport recently reopened 12 out of the 36 smoking rooms in its three terminals after closing them for half a year following complaints from smokers.
China banned smoking in public places from Jan 9, as part of its commitments as a signatory to the World Health Organization's (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. Yet despite this, smoking is still common in restaurants, work places, schools, hospitals and other public venues. Research by the NGO Green Beagles found that only 20 percent of surveyed restaurants in Beijing had banned smoking completely by mid 2011.
According to another survey by the Beijing municipal health authority, 51 percent of respondents said they were victims of secondhand smoke.