The Legislative Affairs Committee of Tianjin’s People’s Congress approved "The Tobacco Control Regulation of Tianjin" on 8 October 2011, marking a milestone in the legislative process.

From 26–30 September, the Fiji Islands hosted module 1 of a three-module operational research course jointly run by The Union; the Fiji College of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences (CMNHS); the World Health Organization (WHO); the Fiji National TB Control Programme (NTP), and supported by the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (The Global Fund).

The Guangzhou Regulation on Smoking Control in Public Places took effect in September 2010, and it has already made an impact: the rate of smoking in public places has declined by 5.4%, and the smoking rate among the city’s citizens has decreased overall from 18.6% in 2009 to 17.4% in 2011.

On 26 May, the Harbin People’s Congress voted and approved smokefree legislation for the city that will ban smoking in all indoor public places and workplaces.