Gates spearheads anti-smoking push
<p><span word="Download">Download</span></p><p><span word="To">To</span> <span word="mark">mark</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="year">year</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="World">World</span> <span word="No">No</span> <span word="Tobacco">Tobacco</span> <span word="Day">Day</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Bill">Bill</span> & <span word="Melinda">Melinda</span> <span word="Gates">Gates</span> <span word="Foundation">Foundation</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="launched">launched</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="first">first</span>-<span word="ever">ever</span> <span word="anti">anti</span>-<span word="smoking">smoking</span> <span word="social">social</span> <span word="media">media</span> <span word="campaign">campaign</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="China">China</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="raise">raise</span> <span word="public">public</span> <span word="awareness">awareness</span>, <span word="particularly">particularly</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="secondhand">secondhand</span> <span word="smoking">smoking</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="online">online</span> <span word="campaign">campaign</span>, "<span word="Say">Say</span> <span word="No">No</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Forced">Forced</span> <span word="Smoking">Smoking</span>," <span word="will">will</span> <span word="enroll">enroll</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> 1,000 <span word="volunteers">volunteers</span> <span word="across">across</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="mainland">mainland</span>, <span word="including">including</span> <span word="some">some</span> <span word="celebrities">celebrities</span>, <span word="to">to</span> <span word="upload">upload</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="anti">anti</span>-<span word="smoking">smoking</span> <span word="photos">photos</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="social">social</span> <span word="networking">networking</span> <span word="sites">sites</span> <span word="such">such</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="Sina">Sina</span> <span word="Weibo">Weibo</span>.</p><p><span word="Official">Official</span> <span word="estimates">estimates</span> <span word="suggest">suggest</span> <span word="nearly">nearly</span> 740 <span word="million">million</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="suffer">suffer</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="secondhand">secondhand</span> <span word="smoke">smoke</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Chinese">Chinese</span> <span word="mainland">mainland</span>.</p><p>"<span word="The">The</span> <span word="campaign">campaign</span> <span word="aims">aims</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="make">make</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="public">public</span> <span word="become">become</span> <span word="aware">aware</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="health">health</span> <span word="impacts">impacts</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="forced">forced</span> <span word="smoking">smoking</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="right">right</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="say">say</span> <span word="no">no</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="it">it</span>, <span word="particularly">particularly</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="public">public</span> <span word="places">places</span>," <span word="said">said</span> <span word="Ray">Ray</span> <span word="Yip">Yip</span>, <span word="chief">chief</span> <span word="representative">representative</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Bill">Bill</span> & <span word="Melinda">Melinda</span> <span word="Gates">Gates</span> <span word="Foundation">Foundation</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="China">China</span>.</p><p><span word="Public">Public</span> <span word="awareness">awareness</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="mainland">mainland</span> <span word="remained">remained</span> <span word="low">low</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="regard">regard</span>, <span word="he">he</span> <span word="said">said</span>, <span word="adding">adding</span>: "<span word="It">It</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="important">important</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="change">change</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="social">social</span> <span word="norm">norm</span> <span word="among">among</span> <span word="Chinese">Chinese</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="smoking">smoking</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="common">common</span> <span word="practice">practice</span>."</p><p><span word="Each">Each</span> <span word="country">country</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="region">region</span> <span word="needs">needs</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="shift">shift</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="opinion">opinion</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="smoking">smoking</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="public">public</span> <span word="harms">harms</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="people">people</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="health">health</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="therefore">therefore</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="shameful">shameful</span>, <span word="he">he</span> <span word="said">said</span>. <span word="That">That</span> <span word="change">change</span> <span word="came">came</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> 1970<span word="s">s</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="United">United</span> <span word="States">States</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="most">most</span> <span word="industrialized">industrialized</span> <span word="countries">countries</span>.</p><p>"<span word="Laws">Laws</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="regulations">regulations</span> <span word="already">already</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="place">place</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> 100 <span word="Chinese">Chinese</span> <span word="cities">cities</span> <span word="should">should</span> <span word="go">go</span> <span word="hand">hand</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="hand">hand</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="changed">changed</span> <span word="social">social</span> <span word="norm">norm</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="effective">effective</span> <span word="smoking">smoking</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="tobacco">tobacco</span> <span word="controls">controls</span>," <span word="he">he</span> <span word="said">said</span>.</p><p><span word="His">His</span> <span word="remarks">remarks</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="echoed">echoed</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="Wu">Wu</span> <span word="Yiqun">Yiqun</span>, <span word="an">an</span> <span word="anti">anti</span>-<span word="tobacco">tobacco</span> <span word="campaigner">campaigner</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Think">Think</span> <span word="Tank">Tank</span> <span word="Research">Research</span> <span word="Center">Center</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="Health">Health</span> <span word="Development">Development</span>, <span word="an">an</span> <span word="NGO">NGO</span> <span word="committed">committed</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="smoking">smoking</span> <span word="control">control</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Beijing">Beijing</span>.</p>
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