SCMP - Dec 29, 2008
Everyone knows smoking is bad for our health, but smokers talk about their rights and argue they should be free to smoke. However, the health of non-smokers should not be put at risk for smokers’ convenience.
One of the reasons for the ban is to reduce people’s exposure to second-hand smoke and […]
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Should Smoking Rooms Be Allowed?
Should The Full Smoking Ban Be Delayed?
SCMP - Dec 29, 2008
As a non-smoker, I am getting fed up with Anthony Hedley, Judith Mackay, Annelise Connell and the Clear The Air lobby. I have worked in the bar and restaurant business for 25 years, I am not an owner and my lungs and chest are clear.
I am not saying that this is […]
Should The Full Ban On Smoking Be Delayed?
SCMP - Updated on Dec 27, 2008
I refer to the letter by Deepak Nagrani (Talkback, December 22).
He claims that people are smoking more because of all the restrictions imposed by the government. Judging by official statistics and from my own observations, I would have to disagree.
In fact, I know many people who are smoking less […]
Should Smoking Rooms Be Allowed?
SCMP - Updated on Dec 27, 2008
I do not support the idea of setting up smoking rooms.
For those who think we should be slightly lenient to smokers in Hong Kong, please take a look at our “new” eating environment.
It is now so common to see people eat and hold cigarettes outside cha chaan tengs [tea […]
Should The Full Smoking Ban Be Delayed?
SCMP - Updated on Dec 23, 2008
Peter Crush (Talkback, December 17) continues to make unsubstantiated statements on smoking which need correction.
He says: “Licensed bars and entertainment places are private premises to which customers are invited at a manager’s discretion and are not public places with right of access.”
Bars are only licensed if they possess a […]
Documents Offer Look At Big Tobacco’s Asia Tactics
Associated Press By MICHAEL CASEY – Dec 23, 2008
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) — Two of the world’s largest tobacco companies, seeking to expand sales into Asia, worked to undermine anti-smoking policies in Thailand and China by infiltrating one research institute and funding another, researchers said Tuesday.
The allegations — highlighted in two separate studies — come as […]
Smoking Rooms Not Right For HK, Expert Says
Dan Kadison, SCMP - Updated on Dec 22, 2008
A number of Asian and European countries have placed restrictions on smoking but still permit smoking rooms to operate. But University of Hong Kong public health expert Anthony Hedley said this did not mean they would work in Hong Kong.
Deanna Cheung, British American Tobacco’s head of corporate […]
Smoking Room Study In Final Phase
SCMP, Dan Kadison - Updated on Dec 22, 2008
Little more than six months before the smoking ban is to be enforced in bars and other now-exempted venues, the government is entering the final phase of a study of smoking rooms that may offer bar owners a way around the curbs.
The Electrical and Mechanical Services Department […]
Should The Full Ban On Smoking Be Postponed?
SCMP - Updated on Dec 22, 2008
According to the report “Tougher laws on way for smokers, says health chief” (December 11), our health minister, York Chow Yat-ngok, says he wants to establish a smoke-free city with tougher laws for smokers.
He wants to ban smoking anywhere in Hong Kong except our own homes, as well as […]
Total Smoking Ban Is The Only Answer
SCMP - Updated on Dec 21, 2008
As I am one of the many people who have to put up with second-hand smoke every day, I think it is time for the government to impose tougher laws for smokers.
However, I must question the efficacy of Hong Kong’s current and proposed regulations.
Smokers can still be seen lighting […]
