Capital to hold 100-day effort to help smokers quit

Capital to hold 100-day effort to help smokers quit

The World No-Tobacco Day was observed in Beijing and around the world on Tuesday.

Beijing will carry out an anti-smoking campaign for 100 days starting July 1 to encourage more smokers to quit.

During the campaign, launched jointly by the commission and the World Health Organization, participants will be encouraged to receive professional services at clinics that help smokers quit at 16 major hospitals in Beijing, or they can seek advice and help through three health service hotlines.

The effort will build on the success already achieved since China's strictest tobacco control regulation took effect in the capital a year ago.

Regulations now prohibit smoking at all indoor public places and certain outdoor places, such as near children's hospitals.