However, some restaurant owners have complained that it would be difficult to have a separate smoking room as required by the new regulations. “We plan to issue specific rules to solve this problem as soon as possible,” Rao Yingsheng, vicedirector of the Beijing Committee for Patriotic Public Health Campaign, was quoted by the Beijing News as saying Thursday. He said small restaurants without a separate room should set aside at least 70 percent of their area for nonsmokers. He also said customers and restaurant owners would be asked for their thoughts on the new rule.
Local authorities dispatched about 100,000 inspectors to make sure the ban was being enforced Thursday. Everyone has the right to dissuade people from smoking in public places, Liu Zejun, who works for the Beijing committee, said. “Citizens are encouraged to expose those who refuse to obey the rule by calling the free telephone line 12320,” Liu said.
People caught smoking in forbidden areas will be fined 10 yuan ($1.40), while enterprises and institutions that violate(违反) the ban will face fines of between 1 000 yuan and 5 000 yuan. Smoking was forbidden in hospitals, kindergartens, schools, museums, sports venues and other places before the new regulations took effect. From Oct. 1 last year, the city also banned smoking in its 66 000 cabs, and imposed fines of 100 yuan to 200 yuan on drivers caught smoking in taxis.
China has pledged a cigarettefree, green Olympics. This year's event will be the first nonsmoking Olympic Games since the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), of which China is a signatory(签名人), went into effect in 2005.
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