No indoor nails for fewer coffins

Banning smoking in public places will help reduce tobacco-related deaths and illnesses.

Xu Guihua, the executive deputy director of the Chinese Association on Tobacco Control, said she was very happy when the State Council published the draft of a national law to control tobacco use.

On Nov 24, the State Council's legislative affairs office officially publicized the draft of a law that bans the smoking of tobacco products in indoor public areas and restricts smoking in outdoor public spaces to designated smoking areas.