WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 1987
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ESTABLISHMENT OF HEALTH COUNCIL SUPPORTED
HIN-KWONG TODAY
(WEDNESDAY)
THE
CARRY
SUPPORTED CHIU DR THE HON ESTABLISHMENT OF THE HONG KONG COUNCIL ON SMOKING AND HEALTH TO OUT THE DUTIES IN ALIGNMENT WITH GOVERNMENT'S ANTI-SMOKING POLICY.
SPEAKING IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL IN SUPPORT OF THE HONG KONG
BILL 1987, HEALTH
DR CHIU
BILL SAID THE COUNCIL ON SMOKING AND
TO TAKE ANOTHER STEP SIGNIFIED THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAD DETERMINED TOWARDS THE PREVENTION OF THE HAZARD OF SMOKING WHICH WAS AN ADDICTIVE HOBBY RESPONSIBLE FOR 10 PER CENT OF DEATHS EACH YEAR IN HONG KONG.
WISE DECISION OF A FROM ELECTRONIC MEDIA,
THE FIRST STEP BY THE GOVERNMENT WAS ITS PHASED-IN TOTAL BAN ON TOBACCO ADVERTISEMENT HE SAID.
DR
CHIU
POINTED
COLLEAGUES OF THE MEDICAL SOCIETY, THE HONG KONG SMOKE-OUT COMMITTEE.
OUT
THE BILL THAT FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCY, CARDIOLOGICAL SOCIETY
WAS
WELCOMED
THE
HIS
BY ANTI-CANCER AND THE HONG KONG
ΤΟ PUBLICISE TAX OF TOBACCO
TO ABLE
AFFECT
HE SAID EFFORTS TO RESTRICT TOBACCO ADVERTISING, HEALTH WARNINGS ON CIGARETTE PACKET AND TO RAISE THE GOVERNMENT WAS AREAS THAT PRODUCTS WERE THE ONLY DIRECTLY IN ITS ANTI-SMOKING POLICY.
INFLUENCED BY
WHILE OTHER FACTORS THAT COULD NOT BE SIMILARLY
AS SOCIAL PRESSURE, PEER GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION, SUCH PARENTAL AND TEACHER EXAMPLE, MIGHT HAVE MORE IMMEDIATE YOUNG PEOPLE'S DECISION TO SMOKE, HE SAID.
INFLUENCE,
INFLUENCE ON
"IF THESE AREAS ARE NOT GIVEN SPECIAL CONCERN, SMOKING OR GOVERNMENT POLICY ON HEALTH
ACHIEVE
THEIR
DESIRED
RESULTS
AND
EDUCATION CAN ONLY HOPE WILL EVENTUALLY
PROVE
LEGISLATION ON ΤΟ BB
ΤΟ
INEFFECTIVE," HE SAID.
NOTING THAT IT WAS
CHIU STARTED TO SMOKE, DR SHOULD LOOK INTO WAS SPORTS
ALWAYS MORE YOUNGSTERS THAN ADULTS WHO SAID ANOTHER AREA THAT THE GOVERNMENT SPONSORSHIP BY THE TOBACCO INDUSTRY.
A3 ADVERTISING то
HE SAID THOSE SPORTS SPONSORSHIP MIGHT ACT YOUNG PEOPLE.
CONTROL
THERE SHOULD BE A STRICTER DR CHIU SUGGESTED THAT
FROM THE ADVERSE EFFECTS OF MEASURE TO PROTECT NON-SMOKING PEOPLE
IN PASSIVE-SMOKING, BECAUSE A SURVEY OF PUBLIC OPINION CONDUCTED HERE
WERE IN 1981 SHOWED THAT MORE THAN THREE QUARTERS OF THE RESPONDENTS FAVOUR OF BANNING SMOKING IN ALL ENCLOSED PUBLIC PLACES.
VARIOUS
ABOUT WHETHER SUFFICIENT FUND HE SAID HE WAS ALSO CONCERNED WOULD BE ALLOCATED TO THE COUNCIL TO ENABLE IT TO PERFORM ITS FUNCTIONS EFFECTIVELY AND EFFICIENTLY.
FINALLY, DR CHIU STREESED:
GOVERNMENT
IN ANTI-SMOKING PROGRAMMES, WITHOUT WHICH THE DOOMED TO BE A FAILURE.
COMMITMENT IS CRUCIAL CONCERNED EFFORTS ARE
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