China stands against TV, film smoking scenes

I thought that China government didn't care for its citizens...

I stand corrected. Read below short article and find out more. If this is successful, maybe they will be a good example to all the other citizens from all the other countries to do the same.

Don't wait until it is too late, then!
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Posted: 13 February 2011

BEIJING: China has ordered that smoking scenes in films and television series be restricted, amid concern it is failing to deliver on pledges to help its 300 million smokers kick the habit.

The State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT), China's media watchdog, called for "strict control" of smoking scenes and banned minors from being present in shots involving anyone lighting up.

Cigarette brands are banned from appearing in films and television series, and smoking scenes must be kept as short as possible, a circular posted on SARFT's website said Saturday.

According to the official Xinhua news agency, a survey conducted among 11,000 middle school students in Beijing showed nearly 33 per cent wanted to try smoking after seeing actors lighting up on television.

Tobacco is the top killer in China -- the world's largest tobacco producer and consumer -- and smoking and exposure to second-hand smoke exact high medical and social costs.

Last month, Chinese and foreign medical experts issued a joint report warning that smoking deaths in the world's most populous country could triple by 2030.

The report said more than 3.5 million Chinese could die from smoking-related illnesses every year by 2030 compared with 1.2 million in 2005, if strong steps were not taken.

China became a party to the World Health Organisation's Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) five years ago.

Experts said it lags behind in its implementation of FCTC requirements, including a ban on indoor smoking, leaving people free to light up in restaurants and office buildings.

-AFP/wk


Taken from ChannelNewsAsia.com; source article is below:China restricts TV, film smoking scenes

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China closes school as H1N1 flu cases mount

Posted: 22 June 2009 1351 hrs

Children wear protective masks as they play at a kindergarten in Hong Kong.

BEIJING: A school in south China has been closed after 30 students fell ill with H1N1 flu, as the number of cases nationwide increased four-fold in the past two weeks, health authorities said.

The children, all from a primary school in Guangdong province's Dongguan city, fell ill with A(H1N1) flu at the end of last week, the provincial health department said in a statement posted on its website late Sunday.

Authorities closed Shipai Central Primary School for a week, and have quarantined those in close contact with the patients.

The health department said the students' symptoms were mild, but warned the risk of a partial epidemic was looming in the province. Guangdong neighbours Hong Kong, where many schools have been closed following H1N1 flu outbreaks.

"At present, Guangdong is in a situation where both imported and domestic cases, as well as the H1N1 flu and seasonal flu, co-exist," the statement said.

"According to the pattern of the spread of the flu, there is a growing risk of disease outbreaks in more areas of the province, and even of a partial epidemic."

The province has so far reported 111 cases - the largest number in mainland China, according to the official Xinhua news agency.

A total of 414 people have fallen ill with A(H1N1) flu in China, of which nearly 200 have already recovered, the country's health ministry said on its website late Sunday.

This is more than a four-fold increase from two weeks ago, when the country recorded its 100th case. No deaths have been reported.

According to the latest World Health Organisation figures, nearly 44,300 cases of the H1N1 flu have been reported worldwide, with 180 fatalities.
- AFP/yb

From ChannelNewsAsia.com; see the source article here.

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A(H1N1) closes another school in Hong Kong

06/16/2009 | 11:40 AM

HONG KONG — Another Hong Kong high school is closing for two weeks after a student fell ill with swine flu.

The government confirmed 12 new infections late Monday, including the student. The territory's total is now 104.

A government statement says health officials have yet to determine how the 15-year-old contracted the flu, since she has not traveled overseas recently.

Tang Shiu Kin Victoria Government Secondary School is the second high school in Hong Kong to close for the flu. All primary schools and kindergartens have already suspended classes for two weeks. - AP


From GMANews.tv; see the source article here.

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China reports 9 more cases of swine flu

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BEIJING — Chinese authorities have reported nine more cases of swine flu, including six cases of domestic transmission, while Hong Kong has reported three new cases.

The Health Ministry said that four Chinese women and two men caught the virus in southwest Sichuan province. At least three other people have also caught swine flu domestically.

It also reported cases in a Chinese-American woman in Shanghai, an American boy in the southeastern city of Fuzhou, in Fujian province, and an American-Chinese boy who had recently arrived from San Francisco.

Out of China's 89 cases, 39 are still being treated, according to the official Xinhua News Agency.

The Chinese-ruled territory of Hong Kong also reported another three cases late Monday, bringing the total number to 41.

The new cases included two women who recently traveled to Las Vegas via Los Angeles and a man studying in Switzerland, the government said in a statement. All three were hospitalized in isolation.

Hong Kong leader Donald Tsang said Tuesday that the government will start a swine flu vaccination program.

It will include 5 million doses of vaccine and give priority to about 2 million people: medical staff, children aged between six months and six, the elderly, and people with health conditions, said health chief York Chow.

The World Health Organization says that as of Monday 73 countries have officially reported more than 25,000 have been infected, including 139 deaths. - AP

From GMANews.tv; see the source article here.

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China closes 4,000 milk stations

About time to be proactive for China… so much damage already done to the whole world!
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by Agencies
05:55 AM Jun 04, 2009

BEIJING - China has shut down nearly 4,000 milk collection stations for failing to meet safety standards, nine months after tainted milk products were blamed for making 300,000 babies sick and killing six children, the official Xinhua news agency said yesterday.

The authorities had inspected all the nation's 20,393 milk stations and total of 3,908 stations, which collect fresh milk from local farmers and sell it to dairy companies, had been shut down due to poor hygiene standards or a lack of equipment. 

The collection stations came under close scrutiny as it emerged that middle-men had been adding melamine to diluted milk to make it appear higher in protein content. The incident led to Chinese dairy product recalls and bans around the world, and the former boss of Sanlu, the firm at the heart of the scandal, was jailed for life.

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China confirms first case of domestic H1N1 flu case

Posted: 29 May 2009 1641 hrs 

A mother puts a face mask on her daughter as they visit Tiananmen Square in Beijing.

BEIJING - China's health ministry confirmed Friday the first case of Influenza A (H1N1) involving a person infected with the virus inside the country.

In an earlier statement, the ministry had identified the patient as a 24-year-old woman in the southern province of Guangdong who had been in close contact with a confirmed carrier of the A(H1N1) virus.

The woman works as a make-up artist at a photo studio in Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong, and came in contact with the confirmed case when he and his girlfriend had wedding photos taken Monday and Tuesday, it said.

On Wednesday, she developed a headache and a fever, and after she was hospitalised, Guangzhou health officials identified her as a suspected A(H1N1) flu case before confirming it.

The health ministry said the man she came into contact with was a 28-year-old Chinese-American employed at a hospital in New York, who had flown to Guangzhou Sunday.

Two other suspect cases in Shenzhen, a city near Hong Kong, had also been confirmed, the health ministry said.

- AFP/ir 

From ChannelNewsAsia.com; see the source article here.

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