Program to champion rights of nonsmokers
<p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="Red">Red</span> <span word="Cross">Cross</span> <span word="Society">Society</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="China">China</span> <span word="launched">launched</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="three">three</span>-<span word="year">year</span> <span word="Create">Create</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="Smoke">Smoke</span>-<span word="Free">Free</span> <span word="Environment">Environment</span> <span word="Program">Program</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Wednesday">Wednesday</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="program">program</span>, <span word="seed">seed</span>-<span word="funded">funded</span> <span word="with">with</span> $9 <span word="million">million</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Bill">Bill</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Melinda">Melinda</span> <span word="Gates">Gates</span> <span word="Foundation">Foundation</span>, <span word="is">is</span> <span word="expected">expected</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="urge">urge</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Chinese">Chinese</span> <span word="government">government</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="energetically">energetically</span> <span word="support">support</span> <span word="tobacco">tobacco</span> <span word="control">control</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="observe">observe</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="World">World</span> <span word="Health">Health</span> <span word="Organization">Organization</span> <span word="Framework">Framework</span> <span word="Convention">Convention</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Tobacco">Tobacco</span> <span word="Control">Control</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="change">change</span> <span word="smokers">smokers</span>' <span word="habits">habits</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="educating">educating</span> <span word="nonsmokers">nonsmokers</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="health">health</span> <span word="rights">rights</span>.</p><p><span word="As">As</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="main">main</span> <span word="operators">operators</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="program">program</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Red">Red</span> <span word="Cross">Cross</span> <span word="Society">Society</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="China">China</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="set">set</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="office">office</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="foundation">foundation</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="coordinate">coordinate</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="program">program</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="set">set</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="expert">expert</span> <span word="panel">panel</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="review">review</span> <span word="specific">specific</span> <span word="plans">plans</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="come">come</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="various">various</span> <span word="parties">parties</span>, <span word="including">including</span> <span word="government">government</span>, <span word="social">social</span> <span word="groups">groups</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="companies">companies</span>, <span word="said">said</span> <span word="Zhao">Zhao</span> <span word="Baige">Baige</span>, <span word="executive">executive</span> <span word="vice">vice</span>-<span word="president">president</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="society">society</span>.</p><p><span word="Zhao">Zhao</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="money">money</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="allocated">allocated</span> <span word="toward">toward</span> <span word="research">research</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="promotion">promotion</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="tobacco">tobacco</span>-<span word="control">control</span> <span word="models">models</span>.</p><p>"<span word="We">We</span> <span word="need">need</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="know">know</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="tobacco">tobacco</span> <span word="control">control</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="China">China</span>, <span word="what">what</span> <span word="kind">kind</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="policies">policies</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="needed">needed</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="what">what</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="bottlenecks">bottlenecks</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="promotion">promotion</span>," <span word="Zhao">Zhao</span> <span word="said">said</span>.</p><p>"<span word="We">We</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="run">run</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="great">great</span> <span word="hurdles">hurdles</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="promotion">promotion</span> ... <span word="We">We</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="need">need</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="work">work</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="different">different</span> <span word="tobacco">tobacco</span>-<span word="control">control</span> <span word="models">models</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="cities">cities</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="rural">rural</span> <span word="areas">areas</span>. <span word="For">For</span> <span word="example">example</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="model">model</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="Yunnan">Yunnan</span> <span word="may">may</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="different">different</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="Beijing">Beijing</span>."</p><p><span word="According">According</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Global">Global</span> <span word="Adult">Adult</span> <span word="Tobacco">Tobacco</span> <span word="Survey">Survey</span> <span word="published">published</span> <span word="in">in</span> 2010 <span word="by">by</span> <span word="WHO">WHO</span>, 301 <span word="million">million</span> <span word="Chinese">Chinese</span> <span word="adults">adults</span> <span word="smoke">smoke</span> <span word="tobacco">tobacco</span>, <span word="and">and</span> 52.7 <span word="percent">percent</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="adult">adult</span> <span word="daily">daily</span> <span word="smokers">smokers</span> <span word="aged">aged</span> 20 <span word="to">to</span> 34 <span word="started">started</span> <span word="smoking">smoking</span> <span word="daily">daily</span> <span word="before">before</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="age">age</span> <span word="of">of</span> 20. <span word="What">What</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="more">more</span>, <span word="seven">seven</span> <span word="in">in</span> 10 <span word="nonsmoking">nonsmoking</span> <span word="adults">adults</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="exposed">exposed</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="secondhand">secondhand</span> <span word="smoke">smoke</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="typical">typical</span> <span word="week">week</span>.</p>
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