Students speak about the provisions of the Law on Tobacco Harm Prevention. VNA/VNS Photo Dương Ngọc HCM CITY — The smoking rate among men in many provinces and cities last year fell compared to 2017 as a result of agencies’ efforts to implement tobacco harm-prevention programmes, Dr Phan Thị Hải, deputy head of the Tobacco Harm Prevention Fund, said at a conference held in HCM City on Friday. The smoking rate among men in HCM City fell to 44.5 per cent in 2020 from 46.7 per cent in 2017, and dropped by 7.5 per cent in the Central Highlands province of Lâm Đồng and by 7.4 per cent in the northern province of Phú Thọ. The rate of exposure to secondhand smoke also fell at public sites such as restaurants, state offices and health facilities. According to the Fund’s statistics, staff at 1,560 state offices, 3,778 kindergartens, 3,577 primary schools, 2,502 secondary schools and 1,010 high schools have carried out regulations on banning smoking. More than 200 transport companies have banned staff from smoking at the workplace and in coaches. Workers at 4,442 factories have also strictly complied with the ban at their workplace. Around 508 hospitals at provincial and district levels have banned staff and patients from smoking. Moreover, 305 restaurants and 400 hotels… Read full this story
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