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Smoking in such public places as kindergartens, hospitals, restaurants, schools, cinemas, concert halls and even in taxis will be banned in Beijing as of May 1, 2008, according to regulations adopted by a municipal government meeting on April 10. Major cities including Shanghai, Guangzhou and Qingdao are also mulling amendments of laws on public smoking as part of a nationwide campaign in the run-up to the Olympics.
The capital is opening more clinics this year aimed at helping people quit smoking. The clinics will be housed in the city's major hospitals.
Clinics Offer Smokers Help
A new program to help smokers kick the habit could begin in 51 top hospitals and some of the 115 level-two hospitals in Beijing this year, an official from the Beijing health promotion committee said Tuesday.

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Beijing Smokefree Regulations
- Provisions to Ban Smoking in Public Places in Beijing
- Regulation on Banning Smoking in Public Places in Beijing
National Smokefree Laws
- Law of People's Republic of China on Tobacco Monopoly
Global Initiatives
- WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
- World No Tobacco Days
 
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