Beijing to push publicity on tobacco control

With only seven weeks until Beijing's toughened legislation on smoking takes effect, about 85 percent of people in the city had still not heard about the new regulation, according to a survey done by Beijing lawyer Liu Ning.

Implementing the regulation, which will take effect on June 1, will be a priority for the Beijing Commission of Health and Family Planning this year, Fang Laiying, director of the commission, said at a news conference on Wednesday.

The commission will intensify publicity and education on tobacco control to improve people's health awareness, and it will enforce the regulation in cooperation with more than 10 government departments, he said.