Will there be clear regulations on smoking cessation?

1. Scope of Smoking Control 1. Should smoking be banned on the streets? Answer: Currently, the Regulations do not prohibit smoking on the street. Because the original intention of this legislation is to reduce the health hazards of tobacco smoke, fully open streets are not included in the legal ban on smoking. 2. I am a smoker. After the implementation of the "Shanghai Regulations on Smoking Control in Public Places", will smoking be prohibited in all public places in Shanghai? What are the places where smoking is prohibited in public places? Does the package include shops, Internet cafes, and subways? Answer: In the "Regulations" passed by the National People's Congress this time, everyone can remember that the key groups of protection are children and women. Therefore, in places where smoking is completely prohibited, you must remember that in nurseries, kindergartens, primary and secondary schools, and places where children are present, smoking must be controlled indoors and outdoors, including our children's hospitals and maternal and child health hospitals. There are also many pregnant women in our maternal and child health care hospitals. For this type of place, please note that smoking is prohibited whether indoors or outdoors. In addition to the prohibition of smoking indoors and outdoors mentioned earlier, smoking is also prohibited in teaching places, student dormitories, and restaurants at all levels and types of schools. At the same time, I think that in addition to the two items mentioned earlier, other venues, such as Internet cafes, shopping malls, public transportation, etc., are also completely non-smoking indoors. Because our Regulations should now be on our website, and everyone can take a look. Most of them do not allow smoking indoors, but smoking is allowed outdoors, or smoking spots can be set up indoors. For example, in our restaurants, we stipulate that smoking spots can be set up with an area of ??150 square meters or more than 75 tables. For others, I think there are some that have done a better job and have persisted to this day, such as libraries, theaters, concert halls, museums, art galleries, etc. I believe that many citizens have done a lot in this regard through the tobacco control work in the past ten years. Very good. 3. I am a smoker. Where else can I smoke after the smoking ban? Is there a designated smoking room? Reply: I have just mentioned that the "Regulations" on smoking-free places are divided into completely no-smoking and partial no-smoking. Some non-smoking places include: catering establishments with an operating area of ??more than 150 square meters or more than 75 tables, entertainment venues such as dance halls and entertainment halls, star hotels, airports, railway passenger stations, and port passenger stations. Smoking rooms or smoking areas can be set up in some of the above-mentioned non-smoking places. 4. None of the office buildings in Shanghai can solve the problem of "if one person smokes, the entire floor suffers". Shanghai's tobacco control regulations do not allow smoking in offices. Therefore, we "white-collar workers" who work in office buildings every day continue to have to Smoking "second-hand smoke" for 8-9 hours a day, do we still have to endure this phenomenon that seriously harms people's health until retirement? Reply: Although we did not stipulate a complete ban on smoking in commercial buildings in the "Regulations" this time, But one of our regulations is that the property management department of this commercial building should perform the responsibility of smoking control, which means that a smoking control management system must be established in the commercial building, and the first step is to increase its own management. In addition, we still hope to carry out extensive publicity and tell everyone that one of our "Regulations" has come out, and the other is that smoking is harmful to health, and smoking is harmful to the health of others. So now we are talking about the dangers of second-hand smoke. I think we should strengthen publicity in this regard. Of course, in the future, after our "Regulations" are implemented, we can also make further suggestions to the legislative body to expand some non-smoking areas when conditions are ripe. For example, the commercial buildings you mentioned may be included in legal non-smoking places. 2. Methods to quit smoking 5. It is said that there is a pipe that can simulate smoking. Does it work? I have a smoker who has been smoking for decades and I want to help him quit smoking. How can I quit smoking? Is there any particularly good way? Answer: As early as 1998, the World Health Organization had officially included tobacco dependence as a chronic and highly relapsing disease in the International Classification of Diseases. It can be seen that quitting smoking is a very complicated treatment process. Willpower alone is absolutely not enough. You also need to seek professional help from the hospital and receive guidance and treatment from regular doctors. Through combined psychological, behavioral and drug treatment, you can easily quit smoking. It can effectively relieve withdrawal symptoms and greatly reduce the relapse rate. (1) "Quit Smoking Day" smoking cessation method: Choose a day that you think is meaningful, such as birthdays and wedding anniversaries, as the starting point for quitting smoking. (2) "Conditional transfer" smoking cessation method: Some people often associate smoking with a certain situation. An effective method is to find ways to change this association.

It can be transferred by taking a walk after a meal, chatting with family members, shopping in the supermarket, etc. to form new conditioned reflexes. (3) "Disease warning" smoking cessation method: When suffering from cardiovascular disease, ulcer disease, diabetes, tumor, etc., in order to improve the curative effect, you should actively and consciously quit smoking. A survey shows that those who successfully quit smoking due to illness have a low relapse rate. 6. What are the main dangers of smoking, and what methods can help you quit smoking? Answer: Nicotine, carbon monoxide, tar, etc. in smoke not only directly harm the respiratory mucosa, but are absorbed into the blood or dissolved in saliva and then swallowed. They can also further aggravate the harm to the human body and cause lung cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and coronary heart disease. The culprit among others. Smoking is the number one cause of lung cancer, and more than 80% of lung cancer patient deaths are related to smoking. In China, about 1 million people die from smoking-related diseases every year. 10 people die from tobacco-related diseases every minute in the world, and 2 people die from tobacco-related diseases every minute in China. In the next 30 years, diseases and deaths caused by tobacco will become more serious. Smoking less is a good start. It is best if you can continue to reduce it until you quit smoking. No matter which method you use to quit smoking, the most important thing is to choose the method that suits you: (1) "Will" quit smoking method: To adhere to the belief that "cigarettes can be quit", as long as you have determination, perseverance and perseverance. remember! If you persist for days or months, you will definitely succeed. (2) "Quit Smoking Day" smoking cessation method: Choose a day that you think is meaningful as the starting point for quitting smoking, such as birthdays, wedding anniversaries, etc. (3) "Motivation-strengthening" smoking cessation method: List examples of smoking's health hazards in words and place them in common places as "warnings" to enhance the psychological and emotional motivation to quit smoking. (4) "Medical" smoking cessation method: Ask your doctor to choose the most suitable smoking cessation drug for you, such as using nicotine quit smoking patches, oral clonidine tablets, bupropion and other drugs to quit smoking. (5) "Conditional transfer" smoking cessation method: Someone's smoking is often associated with a certain situation. The effective method is to find ways to change this association. You can take a walk after a meal, chat with your family, go shopping in the supermarket, etc. to transfer. In order to form a new conditioned reflex, you will eventually quit cigarettes. (6) "Disease warning" smoking cessation method: When you are known to have cardiovascular disease, ulcer disease, diabetes, tumor and other diseases, in order to improve the treatment effect and promote health, you should actively and consciously quit smoking. Some surveys show that those who successfully quit smoking due to illness have a low relapse rate. 3. Legal liability 7. What will be the consequences if you are caught smoking in a prohibited area? Answer: The "Regulations" have stipulated that if you smoke in violation of the regulations in the prescribed places, or do not listen to others' dissuasion, you should be punished. I mentioned earlier that the penalty is 50 to 200 yuan. We now hope that smokers will stop smoking wherever there are signs and regulations. 8. What are the punitive measures in the smoking cessation regulations? How much is the fine if caught? Answer: In addition to stipulating the legal responsibilities of natural persons, the Regulations also clarify the legal responsibilities of the units where tobacco control sites are located. The "Regulations" stipulate that if someone is smoking in this place and the operator or person in charge of the place fails to dissuade them, our law enforcement departments have the right to punish them. The amount of this penalty is relatively high, up to 30,000. Therefore, we very much hope to play the role of a good place to perform administrative management. 4. Tobacco policy 9. Why doesn’t the country ban the sale of tobacco? That would ban it from the source. It seems that our neighboring country Bhutan has such a law, right? Answer: I think controlling smoking is a long process. Now our country's tobacco industry is actually from an economic perspective. I am afraid it is also involved in the process of economic activities and social development. I feel that there are many employment opportunities, especially in our western region where there are many tobacco farmers. So now, as the health authority, we have been having a game with the country and the related tobacco industry. They may be repeatedly promoting tobacco, but we have also repeatedly told the government that the tobacco industry’s profits are huge, but because The medical costs of some of the diseases and health hazards caused by smoking may far exceed the profits of our tobacco industry. Therefore, we are also calling on the government to make a big decision in this regard as soon as possible. 10. Smoking culture has a long history in our country. Smoking serves as a lubricant for interpersonal communication, a joyful additive for festivals, a stimulant for relieving difficulties and worries, a booster for the national economy, and a lure for the gorgeous packaging of cigarette boxes. These are all reflected in in people’s daily lives.

When tobacco control laws challenge traditional culture and customs, and even challenge the authority of certain departments, dancing with the wolf (smoking wolf), can law enforcement alone (treating the symptoms) be enough? Answer: We have deeply realized that tobacco control is a long and arduous process. The promulgation of the "Regulations" is our challenge to the deep-rooted smoking culture. After all, the regulations have not been in effect for a long time, and can even be ignored compared with the long history of smoking culture. Although the time is short, the effect is still very significant. According to monitoring data from professional organizations, the incidence of smoking in various non-smoking places has dropped from 37.5% to 28.1%, and the dissuasion rate has increased from 19% to 51.9%. The number of cigarette butts found and the smell of smoke in non-smoking places has also been significantly reduced. In addition, the promulgation of the "Regulations" has also created a healthy and positive atmosphere of public opinion. I think as citizens' health knowledge and health awareness continue to improve, their awareness of safeguarding their own health rights will also increase accordingly. By then the public ** *The smoking situation in places will definitely be greatly improved. Just like our government's original crackdown on spitting, although spitting still occurs from time to time, it has been significantly improved, and I think it will be better in the future. Here I would like to use an old saying that is very relevant to our tobacco control work, that is, the future is bright, but the road is tortuous. 5. Supervision and law enforcement 11. Why does tobacco control supervision require departmental management? What are the benefits of multi-department participation in tobacco control supervision and law enforcement? Answer: The most important thing is to integrate the law enforcement forces of the whole society and reduce the cost of government supervision. In addition, I think it also provides convenience for us as human beings. If our business unit has health supervision, cultural supervision, and tobacco control supervision, I feel that the departments under control are overwhelmed and tired, and it also reduces their troubles and burdens. What's more important is that when loopholes appear in the cross-over process, everyone cares about them and ignores them. This time we mainly solved several problems. 12. Since the implementation of Shanghai's Tobacco Control Regulations, the public has been very concerned about the status of tobacco control law enforcement. I would like to ask you whether the law enforcement authorities have issued any fines in relation to tobacco control work so far? Because we hope that this regulation will not be in vain, and we believe that the government really wants to control smoking in public places and allow more people to enjoy a smoke-free environment. Answer: As of this morning, one unit in our city has been issued a penalty ticket. It should be an Internet cafe. There is an Internet cafe in Baoshan District that was issued a penalty ticket by the Public Security Bureau. It shows that our regulatory authorities are very serious. This discovery may be due to repeated bans, or it may be that every time we inspect this Internet cafe, we find that there is a smoking problem. Every time we go in, it is filled with smoke, or the smoke inside is very heavy, so we issue a ticket. 13. I strongly support the "Tobacco Control Regulations", but there are still problems in many public places and even office working environments. The "second-hand smoke" problem is serious. How to solve it? Answer: Because the "Regulations" have just been implemented, and some places have been included in the legal tobacco control scope for the first time, the work is relatively difficult. Such as Internet cafes, the smoking situation in Internet cafes is relatively serious. Another one is our catering industry and restaurants. This situation is also serious. In addition, it may be more difficult in our entertainment venues, KTVs and dance halls, mainly in these three aspects. Of course, there may be some smoking situations that are not well controlled at ferry ports and some transportation stations as we all know. I think there are still measures. The key is to further communicate with the regulatory and law enforcement departments, work with them to find some difficulties and key points in our work, and come up with some reasonable solutions. For example, the smoking control measures in Internet cafes were not well improved when they were first introduced. What is the reason? The reason is that our public security department has two departments for supervision, one is fire protection and the other is public security. I mentioned earlier that sometimes there will be blind spots and dead ends in the supervision of the two departments. Later, the public security department paid great attention to it. They finally made it clear that the police station was responsible for local management, and they issued a special document. After this matter was clarified, the improvement in smoking control in Internet cafes was obvious. Fudan University also conducted a survey, using second-hand smoke tests, and found that the number of smokers dropped by more than 30%. So I think many of our departments have also made some positive efforts in this regard. In addition, we think that the restaurants and dance halls just mentioned have some difficulties, but we must continue to strengthen publicity. Maybe many citizens do not understand that these places must be smoking-controlled.

We also need to give full play to the role of tobacco control volunteers, especially site staff. We develop them to become our tobacco control volunteers, so that they can dissuade and persuade when they detect situations at any time. Through these measures, these places that are difficult to improve will definitely will be effectively improved. 6. Others 14. If you see someone smoking in a public place, can you report it and receive a certain bonus? Where can I collect my rewards? Answer: You can report. We have stipulated it in the "Regulations", and we also have a reporting hotline. Shanghai's "Regulations" stipulates that there are reporting hotlines for relevant departments under the no-smoking signs, so this is to encourage us citizens to encounter this You can report the situation. I think this netizen actually gave us a good suggestion. In the future, as a health promotion committee, we should also consider setting up some appropriate rewards to encourage everyone to participate in this tobacco control work. I think this is very good. suggestions. 15. This city issued relevant anti-smoking regulations more than ten years ago. What changes are there in the Regulations that came into effect on March 1 this year? Answer: On September 19, 1994, the municipal government issued the "Interim Provisions on Prohibiting Smoking in Public Places in Shanghai" (hereinafter referred to as the "Interim Provisions"). At that time, it stipulated 17 types of public places in 7 categories, which is the same as our current regulations. Comparing Shanghai's tobacco control regulations "Shanghai Regulations on Smoking Control in Public Places" (hereinafter referred to as the "Regulations") passed by the National People's Congress, there are several aspects: One is that the scope of venues is expanding this year. The key groups to be protected this time are children and women. We have subdivided the non-smoking places into two categories: completely smoke-controlled places and partially smoke-controlled places. This is a difference. The second is to clarify personal legal responsibilities. This "Regulations" stipulates that if an individual violates the regulations and smokes in a public place, if he does not listen to dissuasion, he can be fined up to 200 yuan. Third, there is an innovation in our law enforcement system. In the past, the Health Supervision Office alone carried out law enforcement on 17 types of public places in 7 categories. Now it integrates all law enforcement forces in society. There are 7 categories of law enforcement departments and 6 All the competent departments have participated in tobacco control activities, and at the same time, a comprehensive coordination department has been identified, which is our Health Promotion Committee. The main differences are these.