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FRIDAY, MAY 15, 1992

"UNDER THE SMOKING (PUBLIC HEALTH) (AMENDMENT) ORDINANCE 1992 WHICH WAS ENACTED EARLY THIS YEAR, THE PROHIBITION AGAINST SMOKING HAS NOW BEEN EXTENDED TO OTHER AREAS, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

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"WHEN THE REQUIREMENT COMES INTO EFFECT ON AUGUST 1 THIS NEW SIGNS WILL HAVE TO REPLACE THE EXISTING ONES AND ALSO BE ADDED THOSE AREAS WHERE THE PROHIBITION AGAINST SMOKING HAS BEEN EXTENDED."

THE AREAS COVERED BY THE REQUIREMENT INCLUDE ALL SEATING ACCOMMODATION IN CINEMAS, THEATRES AND CONCERT HALLS; AMUSEMENT GAME CENTRES; AND ALL PUBLIC TRANSPORT CARRIERS.

SMOKING IN PUBLIC LIFTS, AMONG OTHERS. HAS ALL ALONG BEEN

PROHIBITED.

TAR AND NICOTINE YIELDS OF CIGARETTES PUBLISHED

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THE AVERAGE TAR YIELD AMONG THE 103 TOP BEST-SELLING CIGARETTES HONG KONG SAMPLED DURING THE SIX-MONTH PERIOD BETWEEN AUGUST 1991 AND JANUARY 1992 IS 14.5 MILLIGRAMS PER CIGARETTE (MG/CIG),

THIS REPRESENTS AN INCREASE OF 0.2 MG/CIG OVER THE AVERAGE YIELD RECORDED IN THE PREVIOUS SIX-MONTH PERIOD.

ACCORDING TO A LATEST SURVEY, THE AVERAGE ALSO GONE UP BY 0.04 MG/CIG TO 1.22 MG/CIG.

NICOTINE YIELD

HAS

THE

A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (FRIDAY) THAT APART FROM INCREASE IN THE AVERAGE TAR AND NICOTINE YIELDS, NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES HAVE BEEN FOUND.

AMONG THE 103 BRANDS OF CIGARETTES, 65 WERE IMPORTED AND 38 WERE MANUFACTURED LOCALLY.

MG/CIG.

"OF THE TOTAL, 10 BRANDS CONTAIN A TAR CONTENT EXCEEDING 20

"THESE WILL HAVE TO BE WITHDRAWN FROM THE MARKET IF THE TAR CONTENT IS NOT LOWERED,' THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

THE FULL REPORT OF THE LATEST SURVEY IS PUBLISHED IN THE LATEST EDITION OF THE CONSUMER COUNCIL'S "CHOICE" MAGAZINE.

PROCEDURES FOR

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE SAME TEST METHODS AND FORMER REPORTS WERE EMPLOYED BY THE GOVERNMENT LABORATORY FOR THE LATEST SURVEY.

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