Jump to full article: People's Daily (cn), 2010-03-16
Author: Source: Xinhua
Intro: Thirteen Chinese medical colleges will introduce smoking control courses into their curriculum amid efforts to help raise public awareness about the dangers of smoking.
It will be the first time that Chinese universities have offered such courses, Shen Huahao, vice dean of the School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, said Tuesday.
The school is among the 13 medical colleges, including Peking Union Medical College and medical schools at Peking University and Fudan University.
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At least 6,500 students were expected to take the courses each year, for them to complete a five year anti-smoking education program, Shen said.
"We hope to increase smoking control efforts, starting from in schools," he said. "We'll train the medical students so they know the dangers of smoking."
More than half of Chinese male doctors are smokers
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