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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1991.
BILL TO FURTHER DISCOURAGE SMOKING INTRODUCED
WAS
INTRODUCED
INTO
A BILL TO INTRODUCE MORE MEASURES TO DISCOURAGE SMOKING AND MINIMISE THE
HAZARDS HEALTH
OF SMOKING LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
TO
THE
HEALTH)
MRS
MOVING THE SECOND READING OF THE SMOKING (PUBLIC
AND THE SECRETARY FOR HEALTI 1991, { AMENDMENT) BILL
WELFARE,
GOVERNMENT'S ELIZABETHI WONG, SAID IT WAS A MAJOR STEP FORWARD TO THE PROGRESSIVE MEASURES TO TIGHTEN UP CONTROL ON SMOKING IN PUBLIC PLACES AND TO DISSUADE PEOPLE FROM PICKING UP OR CONTINUING WITH THE HABIT OF SMOKING,
"IT COMPLEMENTS EDUCATION, SHE ADDED.
"
OTHER OUR
MEASURES IN
RESPECT
OF HEALTH
WONG SAID
EXPLAINING THE PROPOSED MAJOR AREAS OF CHANGE, MRS THE FIRST AREA INVOLVED THE DESIGNATION OF "NO SMOKING" AREAS.
IN CINEMAS, TRANSPORT
THE BILL SOUGHT TO IMPOSE A TOTAL BAN OF SMOKING THEATRES, CONCERT HALLS, AMUSEMENT GAME CENTRES AND PUBLIC CARRIERS INCLUDING TAXIS WHEN CARRYING PASSENGERS.
UNDER THE EXISTING LAW, SMOKING WAS PROHIBITED IN PUBLIC LIFTS, HALLS, ALL HALF OF THE SEATING ACCOMMODATION IN CINEMAS AND CONCERT SINGLE DECK PUBLIC TRANSPORT VEHICLES AND THE LOWER DECK OF MULTI-DECK PUBLIC TRANSPORT VEHICLES.
THE BILL ALSO SOUGHT TO REVISE THE CONTENTS OF THE "NO SMOKING" PENALTY SIGNS SUCH THAT THEY WOULD INCLUDE A STATEMENT OF THE MAXIMUM FOR COMMITTING THE OFFENCE OF SMOKING IN A "NO SMOKING" AREA.
SOUGHT то
ON CHANGES TO TAR CONTENT, MRS WONG SAID THE BILL IMPOSE A MAXIMUM TAR CONTENT OF 20 MILLIGRAMS PER CIGARETTE .
"I ALSO INTEND
DESIGNATION TO REVISE THE TAR GROUP SMOKING (PUBLIC HEALTH) REGULATIONS.
İN
THE
ARR
BB
"CIGARETTES WITH A TAR CONTENT OF ZERO TO NINE MILLIGRAMS то FALL WITHIN THE LOW TAR GROUP, THOSE OF 10 TO 14 MILLIGRAMS TO WITHIN THE LOW TO MIDDLE TAR GROUP, 15 TO 17 MILLIGRAMS THE MIDDLE TAR
SHE SAID. GROUP, AND 18 TO 20 THE HIGH TAR GROUP,
TURNING
ΤΟ CIGARETTE
"
WONG ADVERTISING, MRS PROPOSED TO IMPOSE A TOTAL BAN IN CINEMAS,
SAID THE BILL
OPPORTUNITY WAS ALSO TAKEN TO PROVIDE FOR A SIMILAR BAN ON SUCH ADVERTISING ON RADIO AND TELEVISION, WHICH BAN HAD ALREADY BEEN IN OPERATION SINCE DECEMBER 1 LAST YEAR BY CONDITIONS OF LICENCE BY THE BROADCASTING AUTHORITY, SHE ADDED.
ISSUED
SOUGHT TO
LINE OF
REGARDING CORPORATE SPONSORSHIP, SHE SAID THE BILL DISTINGUISH CLEARLY BETWEEN ADVERTISEMENT OF TOBACCO SPONSORSHIP SE FROM THAT OF CORPORATE SPONSORSHIP BY COMPANIES WHOSE BUSINESS HAPPENED TO INCLUDE CIGARETTES.
PER
/WHILST HEALTH