Chinese local NGO Chaotie Center has jointly held a forum with Save the Children in Kunming, the capital city of Yunan province in southwest China, to call on youngsters to keep away from tobacco.

From now until the end of January 2010, 2,800 clinicians from seven hospitals in Beijing will work on controlling their cigarette smoking.

Rules on the Range of Smoking Ban in the Public Areas of Beijing will be formally enforced on May 1, 2008.

Shanghai plans to make laws to expand smoking bans from the traditional public venues to all indoor workplaces, and then even focus on pedestrians who smoke on the street.