World No Tobacco Day, Hangzhou launched publicity activities, about 200 people from all walks of life participated in the event

May 30, in the 27th World No Tobacco Day arrival, 5.31 World No Tobacco Day and Hangzhou hundred create a smoke-free enterprise project will be launched in Bingjiang District overseas high-level talent innovation base. The theme of this world No Tobacco day is "raising taxes on tobacco and protecting the next generation".
From Hangzhou Municipal Health Bureau, Hangzhou Municipal General Union, Hangzhou City Safety Supervision Bureau, Hangzhou City, the body of the Union, Bingjiang District, Hangzhou CDC and other relevant parties responsible for comrades, as well as Zhejiang Rongsheng Holding Group Co., Ltd., Hangzhou new Lakeside Business Development Co., Ltd., such as the representatives of hundreds of smokeless enterprises, A total of some 200 tobacco control experts participated in the event.
"It is imperative to prohibit smoking in public places, which is a major trend in safeguarding public health." For enterprises, has more important significance. Employees ' health is invisible productivity, and a good smoke-free environment is an important part of occupational environment, Occupational Health and occupational safety. Zhang Ming, vice chairman of Hangzhou Federation of Trade Unions, said, "Hangzhou promotes smokeless city construction, and the workplace is also an important part." It is an important measure to protect employees ' health rights and interests to protect employees from tobacco by developing a smoke-free enterprise. ”
It is reported that the current number of smokers in China more than 300 million, about 740 million non-smokers suffer from second-hand smoke exposure. China kills more than 1 million cigarettes a year, surpassing the number of deaths caused by TB, AIDS and malaria. The truth about smoking is harmful to health, many people understand, but really want to implement quit smoking, the ultimate success of the few people. Because smoking addiction is a chronic disease, the need for scientific methods of smoking cessation, smokers simply rely on perseverance to quit is difficult to achieve success.
It is understood that Hangzhou as a well-known scenic tourist city, in 2013, the municipal government launched a hundred smoke-free units to create activities, achieved good social effects. In the area of international cooperation, August 18, 2012, the Sino-US Government jointly launched the Sino-US Joint Declaration on the establishment of a smoke-free workplace partnership, Zhejiang Maternal grandmother's Restaurant Co., Ltd. more than 100 restaurants and hotels enterprises participated in the first batch of activities, the year is more than 100 production-oriented enterprises.
At the meeting, played the "Protect me, please control smoke" video clips, and the participants conducted a smoke prevention public training, million to the group of trade unions vice President Li Yong on behalf of hundreds of smoke-free enterprises to the city issued a "hand in smoke, embrace sunny day" to create a smoke-free enterprise proposal (correspondent Gao Haiwei this station reporter Zhang Jiejun)