The staff of Nantou County Health Bureau actively promoted the prevention and control of tobacco harm to the store.

(Photo by reporter Xie Jieyu)

[Reporter Xie Jieyu / Nantou Report] The promotion of a smoke-free environment has become a national consensus. Most people in Nantou County also know that smoking is completely prohibited indoors in restaurants, but did you know that?

Catering places are still subject to this regulation during non-business hours. Recently, a restaurant owner and an employee smoked and chatted in the restaurant during the rest period. The Health Bureau received a report and went to the inspection, and the evidence was conclusive. In accordance with the Tobacco Hazard Prevention Law, two people were fined 2,000 yuan each, which is also the first case of a restaurant in the county being fined for illegal smoking during non-business hours this year.

The Nantou County Health Bureau pointed out that the owner of the fined restaurant was once dissatisfied, and argued that the restaurant was owned by him privately, so it should not be considered a public place during the closing time, and even smoking in it would not affect other people. Touching the law?

Only after the bureau explained the relevant laws and regulations, the business operators realized that their actions were wrong and were willing to be punished.

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Nantou County Health Director Chen Nansong further stated that the comprehensive non-smoking places stipulated by the Tobacco Harm Control Law will not change the nature of the non-smoking places due to different time periods, so whether it is business or non-business hours, it is a comprehensive ban. The catering industry in the smoking place is not allowed to smoke. Even if you smoke during non-business hours, you think that second-hand smoke will not affect others, but the third-hand smoke floating in the environment also contains many carcinogens, and may remain on tables, chairs, doors and windows. , or even attached to clothes, and the stay can be as long as 6 months, which seriously affects the health of dining guests. Violators can be fined up to 10,000 yuan, which should not be ignored.

In addition, as the proportion of Chinese people using e-cigarettes is increasing year by year, because the current Tobacco Harm Control Law does not have clear regulations on the use of e-cigarettes, in order to avoid exposure to e-cigarettes that will cause health hazards to the public, the Nantou County Government has also formulated the "Nantou" County Electronic Cigarette Hazard Prevention and Autonomy Regulations” was promulgated and implemented on July 22 this year.

Although the taste of e-cigarettes left in the environment is not as strong as that of paper cigarettes, in fact, the principle of e-cigarettes generating smoke is to heat the liquid containing nicotine, and the complex chemical substances in it will be atomized into suspended particles and spread in the environment, which will also cause smoke. The health bureau calls on addicts to abide by the non-smoking regulations in non-smoking places, and respect each other with non-smokers. If there are any problems related to smoking hazard prevention, you can call the tobacco hazard reporting hotline 049- 2203785 or 0800-531531.

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