US EditionHong Kongers urged to stare at smokers in a disapproving way to help create a tobacco-free city
- Hong Kong's health minister, Professor Lo Chung-mau, suggests that people should stare disapprovingly at smokers in order to create a tobacco-free city.
- Professor Lo believes that smokers who are stared at are unlikely to retaliate and that this behavior could encourage a non-smoking culture in the city.
- Hong Kong is considering new strategies to tackle smoking, including potential bans on cigarette sales to individuals born after a specific date and increasing tobacco taxes.
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People In Hong Kong Urged To Stare At Smokers In A ''Disapproving'' Way
In an effort to discourage smoking in restricted public places, Hong Kong residents have been encouraged to stare and give disapproving looks to smokers, South China Morning Post reported. The Secretary for Health, Lo Chung-Mau, made this suggestion during a meeting of a health service panel when he was asked questions about how to create a tobacco-free city. “When the members of the public see people smoking in non-smoking areas, even if no law…
Hong Kong smokers may soon no longer feel comfortable smoking in public. Hong Kong's health minister calls on residents to stare disapprovingly at smokers, writes the South China Morning Post newspaper, among others. This should ensure that people feel the barrier to lighting a cigarette in public.
Hongkong pokračuje ve své snaze vytvořit město, kde se vůbec nebude kouřit. Se svou troškou do mlýna nyní přišel tamní ministr zdravotnictví Lo Čchun-mau, který vyzval obyvatele, aby nesouhlasně zírali na kuřáky, kteří si zapálí na místech, kde je kouření zakázáno.
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