Table 2.

Laws Related to Smoking Control in China

Laws Related to Smoking Control	Year	Content
Regulations on management of public places	1987	Prohibit smoking in public places
Law of the People's Republic of China on the Prevention of Minors to Commit Crime	1999	Parents and teachers should educate minors not to smoke; Business units should not sell cigarettes to minorsa
Law of the People's Republic of China on Tobacco Sales	1991	Forbid or restrict cigarette smoking on public conveyances or in public places; dissuade adolescents from smoking and forbid primary and middle school students from smoking
Law of the People's Republic of China on Advertisement	1994	Smoking-related advertisements are prohibited through media or in any public places; all smoking-related advertisements should include the following label: “smoking is harmful to health”
Law of the People's Republic of China on the Protection of Minors, article11, 37,67	2006	The sale of cigarettes to minors is banned; no smoking in schools, kindergartens or any other places where minors are present
Framework Convention on Tobacco Control	2006	Raise taxes on cigarettes; prohibit smoking in public places; warning notices or pictures of fearful consequences of smoking are printed on the cigarette packets

^a“Minors” as used in this law refers to citizens under the age of 18 y.