Changes sought in smoking law

Activists say proposed anti-tobacco measure needs to be more specific

Anti-tobacco activists have called for more specifics in Beijing's legislation on smoking control, which is now under review and expected to take effect in 2015.

Under the World Health Organization's Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, which China signed in 2003, the law taking shape in Beijing should include more specific articles, said Xu Guihua, deputy director of the Chinese Association on Tobacco Control.