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China's new indoor smoking ban comes into effect
Updated: 2011-05-01 15:37
(Agencies)
A "No Smoking" sign is displayed in a restaurant in central Beijing May 1, 2011. [Photo/Agencies] |
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The guidelines are the latest effort to curb tobacco use in the country with the world's largest number of smokers.
China has more than 300 million smokers on the mainland, statistics from the World Health Organization show, and nearly 1.2 million Chinese people die from smoking-related diseases each year - making up one-fifth of the world total.
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