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Beijing to recruit 100,000 people to enforce smoking ban 

Jump to full article: Shanghai Daily (cn), 2008-04-25
Author: Yang Jian and Lydia Chen 2008-4-25

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BEIJING plans to deploy more than 100,000 people to enforce a smoking-ban that was issued by the city's government yesterday for the Beijing Games in August, the city's health and legal authority told a press conference yesterday, China News Service has reported.

More than 1,000 people have been trained on the new rule, while another 100,000 people would be appointed as "inspectors," the report said, citing Sun Xianli, deputy director of the Beijing Patriotic Health Committee.

The supervision team has "full capability" to enforce the rule, Sun said.

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