Association calls for tougher smoking control in Hangzhou

The Chinese Association on Tobacco Control called on Wednesday for the city legislature in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, to ban smoking in all indoor public places.

The association made the appeal following a revised amendment to the tobacco control regulation in the provincial capital.

The revised draft, issued by the Hangzhou people's congress to its deputies in May, allowed designated smoking zones or rooms in nine types of public places such as entertainment venues, shopping malls and government office buildings, according to the association.