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Health activists nationwide have pushed for  strong smoking restriction laws for years in China, the now largest tobacco-consuming nation in the world. As a direct result of anti-tobacco activists' efforts, Beijing will ban smoking in restaurants, offices and public transport starting on Monday. According to the law, great financial punishments/fines will be imposed against people who smoke in several public areas as well as business regulation that failed to follow the law. The store owners/restaurant staffs will be capitalized to dissuade the smokers, and if dissuasion is of no use, the law enforcement authorities will file cases against the smokers. Also, the cigarettes are banned from been sold around certain areas like near schools, etc. several other laws were been enforced against the smoking already, however the lax law regulation on smoking made them not so effective. But many anti-tobacco activists believe that this round of law enforcement will be different, as they hold faith in government's willingness to enforce the law.
- by Leiyang Guo
- link: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/may/31/last-cigarette-beijing-stubs-out-public-smoking-from-monday