The World Health Organization (WHO) called on governments worldwide on Wednesday to be more vigilant against the increasingly aggressive attacks from the industry which undermine policies that protect people from harms of tobacco.
Ahead of Thursday's World No-Smoking Day, nearly 100 academics of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE) have written a letter to academy leaders, requesting a tobacco scientist's membership of the body be reviewed.
Shanghai's smoking ban may be expanded to cover all indoor venues later this year after city legislators review the smoke-control law which came into effect in 2009.
A plan to add a quit-smoking program to China's basic healthcare system sparked a hot debate since it was released by Chinese Health Minister Chen Zhu at a forum in Shanghai on March 31.
