V, J2 21, 1974
REPORT ON CIGARETTE SMOKING PUBLISHED
PUBLIC INVITED TO GIVE THEIR VIZUS
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A SPECIAL COMMITTEE SET UP TO ADVISE THE GOVERNMENT ON CERTAIN ASPECTS OF CIGARETTE SMOKING HAS HADE A NUIJER OF RECOMMENDATIONS WHICH COULD HAVE FAR REACHING TIPLICATIONS ON THE FUTURE OF CIGARETTE SHOKING IN HONG KONG.
IN A 26-PACE REPORT PUBLISHED TODAY, THE COMMITTEE TAKES A FIRM STAND ON SMOKING AND SAYS THAT +UILESS STEPS ARE TAKEN TO DRAW PUBLIC ATTENTION TO THE RISKS INVOLVED, THE NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM LUNG CANCER MUST DE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO INCREASE.+
THE REPORT, WHICH HAS NOT BEEN ADOPTED BY THE GOVERNMENT, IS BEING PULLISHED FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
THE COMMITTEE SAYS IT VIEWS THE RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH CIGARETTE SHOKING AS A SERIOUS HATTER OF COMMUNITY HEALTH AND +ONE IN WHICH IT IS THE GOVERNMENT'S RESPONSIBILITY TO GIVE A CLZAR LEAD÷✨.
HOWEVER, IT SAYS THAT WHILE THE INTRODUCTION OF LEGISLATION TO CONTROL SMOKING 1S HOT CONTEMPLATED AT THIS STACE, IT MAY DE AT SONE LATER DATE.
THE RIGHT APPROACH, IT SAYS, IS TO SEEK TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND AND APPRECIATE THE DANGERS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SMOKING HAJIT.
NEVERTHELESS AMONG THE COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATIONS ARE :-
X THE PRINTING OF HEALTH WARNINGS ON CIGARETTE PACKETS,
WITH CIGARETTE ADVERTISEMENTS DRAVING ATTENTION TO THIS FACT=
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THE FURTHER STUDY. OF A CANADIAN REPORT ON THE PHASED WITHDRAWAL OF ALL CIGARETTE PROMOTIONAL ACTIVITIES WITH THE AIM OF INTRODUCING SIMILAR COMPREHENSIVE AND PROGRESSIVE RESTRAINTS IN HONG KONG.
THEATRE AND CINEMA OWNERS SHOULD ENCOURAGE PATRONS TO O SERVE VOLUNTARY RESTRAINTS ON SHOKING, BUT IF THIS IS NOT SUCCESSFUL CONSIDERATION BE GIVEN TO THE IMPOSITION OF MANDATORY MEASURESH AND
THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A SPECIAL BOARD TO OVERSEE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE MEASURES PROPOSED IN THE REPORT.
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