Jump to full article: Reuters, 2008-04-09
Intro: China has further tightened smoking restrictions -- targeting schools and day care centers -- as it extends a crackdown linked to its pledge to hold a smoke-free Olympics.
Last month, Beijing formally pledged to restrict smoking in most public venues in the city, including government offices and public transport, beginning on May 1.
In a separate move reported on Wednesday, China ordered primary schools, secondary schools and day care centers across the country to prohibit even designated smoking zones, an effort to promote 'non-smoking campuses' ahead of the Games. . . .
The newspaper added that a poll of student smokers under the age of 15 showed that 22.4 percent of young smokers were male and 3.9 percent female.
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