CCDI to ban tobacco products from public funds by the Joint Tobacco Control Association

Xinhua Beijing, June 4 (Xinhua Wang Cong) China Tobacco Control Association said 4th, the CPC Central Committee on Disciplinary inspection will strengthen communication with China Tobacco Control Association, the public funds to buy tobacco regulation.　　Zhang Jing, media director of China Tobacco Control Association, said CCDI, the head of the party's Party conduct office, recently called China Tobacco Control Association, said it hopes to strengthen the regulation of illegal acts on public funds to buy cigarettes, and hopes to strengthen communication with China Tobacco Control Association in the future. Zhang Jing said: "CCDI is very positive and attaches great importance to this matter."　　"But she did not disclose when and how the regulatory activity would begin." May 19, the China Tobacco Control Association, "on the call for a comprehensive ban on consumption of tobacco products," a letter to CCDI, recommended that the Ministry of Finance and the Department of Public consumption of tobacco products, strict implementation of the Ministry of Finance, the National authority on the central government Conference fee management measures and May 2009 CCDI　　, the Ministry of Finance jointly issued the "on the use of effective measures to seriously implement the eight requirements of the implementation of the" Notice of the provisions of serious investigation of the use of public funds of tobacco products corrupt behavior.　　Chinese people usually regard cigarettes as gifts for relatives and friends, and cigarette brands are regarded as a symbol of social status and identity. "In the past, our job was to reduce sales of lower and middle-priced cigarettes by raising the tobacco tax," Zhang said. Now we also want to curb sales of high-end cigarettes by banning the use of public funds to buy cigarettes. "China Tobacco Control Association from May 11 to 15th on the Sohu Health Channel on the views of 3630 people to buy cigarettes, the results show: 98.76% of netizens believe that the government agencies do not use taxpayers ' money to buy cigarettes; 98.24% of netizens think cigarettes are not necessary for government to do business. 96.86% of netizens believe that buying cigarettes by public funds is a corrupt behavior; 93.22% of netizens support the government to enact laws and regulations prohibiting the purchase of cigarettes.