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Tianjin’s 13 million people will benefit from smoking ban PDF Print E-mail

Tianjin, a Chinese city of 13 million where the adult smoking rate is 27.2%, has passed a regulation to ban smoking in workplaces and indoor public places. It is the second city participating in China’s Seven Cities project to achieve this goal.

The Tianjin Smoking Control Regulation was passed with unanimous support from legislators during the Tianjin People's Congress on 28 March. The law will take effect on World No Tobacco Day, 31 May 2012.
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01-barcelona-1Tianjin and Lanzhou have become the latest two cities to make significant progress in promoting local smokefree legislation in China.

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.

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Guangzhou Set to Treble Funds for Tobacco Control PDF Print E-mail

Government commitment to tobacco control comes in many forms, not least the allocation of additional funding towards improving and implementing legislation. In Guangzhou, China government funding almost doubled from 2009 to 2011 and is set to more than treble in 2012.
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Two cities in China poised to pass smokefree laws PDF Print E-mail
Tianjin and Lanzhou have become the latest two cities to make significant progress in promoting local smokefree legislation in China.

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.
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Operational Research Course Offered in Fiji Islands PDF Print E-mail

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).
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