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Guangzhou To Ban Tobacco Sales To Vulnerable Groups  

Jump to full article: ChinaCSR.com (hk), 2009-10-16

Intro:

Guangzhou has prepared a tobacco control regulation which is pending approval by the city's National People's Congress standing committee.

The new regulation lists ten areas including hospitals, kindergartens, schools, and buses as tobacco-free areas and states that people smoking in these areas will be fined CNY50 and those who sell tobacco products to vulnerable groups such as teenagers and pregnant women will be fined CNY1,000. . . .

In addition, the regulation forbids tobacco manufacturers and sellers to send tobacco products as gifts

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