Yesterday, at the Panjiayuan Flea Market, anti-smoking broadcasts were repeatedly broadcast to remind merchants and customers to comply with tobacco control management regulations. Handicraft greenhouses, furniture areas, used book stalls, collection halls, east-west stall areas, etc., are all tobacco control areas. Beijing Morning Post reporter Jiang Haobo/Photo
With the official implementation of the strictest tobacco control order, the city's campus tobacco control environment has also attracted much attention. Yesterday, the Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention and the Beijing Tobacco Control Association jointly released the results of the survey on the smoke-free environment of primary and secondary schools in Beijing: nearly 30% of vocational and high school teachers smoke in schools, more than one-third of primary and secondary schools have tobacco sales points within 100 meters, and 80% of sales points do not reject student smokers... Tobacco practices in schools are worrying.
Tobacco Control Environmental Survey
Female students' smoking cannot be ignored
Before the implementation of the Beijing Municipal Regulations on Smoking Control, the Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention organized and implemented a survey on the tobacco control environment of primary and secondary schools from April to May this year, covering 1736 primary and secondary schools of all types at all levels, and finally collected 1654 valid questionnaires.
The survey results show that in terms of school tobacco control policies, nearly 90% of primary and secondary schools have clearly stipulated "total smoking bans" in their rules and regulations, 8.8% of primary and secondary schools have designated smoking areas, 16 schools stipulate that "outdoor smoking can be smoked", and 12 schools have no special regulations.
For the most concerned student smoking phenomenon, 8.3% of school doctors or health teachers have seen their students smoke in the most recent year, and 2.9% of school doctors or health teachers have seen schoolgirls smoke in the most recent year.
In addition, the smoking phenomenon of middle school students in suburban counties is more common than that in the sixth district of the city, and the smoking phenomenon of vocational high school students is more serious than that of ordinary primary and secondary school students. Moreover, the phenomenon of female smoking cannot be ignored, and there is evidence that the smoking rate of women has shown signs of increasing year by year in recent years. The CDC recommends that schools pay special attention to tobacco control education for girls.
Faculty and staff smoking is too poorly affected
When surveying the phenomenon of smoking among school staff, 16.3% of schools had smoking in schools, of which 18%, 14.4% and 29.3% were secondary, primary and vocational high schools, respectively. The situation in urban schools is also significantly better than that in suburban schools.
The overall smoking rate for primary and secondary school staff is 9.4 per cent, of which 33.7 per cent is for male faculty and staff. Due to the special nature of this occupational group of school staff, their smoking behavior is very likely to adversely affect adolescents.
There are still cigarette sales points around the school
The Beijing Municipal Regulations on Smoking Control clearly stipulate that "sellers of tobacco products are prohibited from selling tobacco products within 100 meters of kindergartens, primary and secondary schools, children's palaces and their surroundings". The survey showed that there were tobacco sales points within 100 meters of 588 primary and secondary schools, a total of 1168.
Investigators observed a total of 874 tobacco sales points within 100 meters of primary and secondary schools, of which 70% of the tobacco sales points were grocery stores or convenience stores, 10% of the tobacco sales points were tobacco and alcohol stores, and there were also shopping malls and tobacco stores.
Among these points of sale, nearly 80% of the points of sale do not set up the sign of "smoking is harmful to health" in a conspicuous position, and more than 70% of the points of sale do not set up a sign of "do not sell tobacco to minors" in a conspicuous position.
During the period of investigation and observation, minors came to buy tobacco at 135 tobacco sales points, of which 108 tobacco sales points had minors successfully purchased tobacco during the observation period, and 80% of the tobacco sales points did not refuse minors to buy tobacco.
Smoke-free school standards
Tobacco control will become a condition for evaluation
Yesterday, the Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention also released the "Beijing Smoke-free School Reference Standards (Trial)". This standard will in future apply to all primary and secondary schools, secondary vocational schools and specialized places of activity for minors.
The Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention requires that in the future, the legal representative or principal of the school should be the first person in charge of campus tobacco control, and all school leaders cannot smoke. At the same time, it is necessary to set up a school-level telephone for reporting and complaining, as well as part-time tobacco control propagandists and supervisors. No one, including outsiders, is allowed to smoke in any area within the campus.
In addition, the performance of tobacco control duties should also be taken as one of the advanced reference evaluation indicators for all teachers, students and employees.
There is no smoking on campus (including all buildings, outdoor areas such as playgrounds), and there are no smokers and no smokers on campus. All key areas on campus, such as gates, teaching buildings, administrative buildings, offices, libraries, canteens, corridors, toilets, etc., must have eye-catching anti-smoking signs and reporting and complaint telephones.
The sale of tobacco products is prohibited on campus, smoking spots are not set up, and smoking utensils are not placed. Tobacco advertising and disguised tobacco advertising are prohibited. Schools also need to keep track of tobacco sales within 100 meters of the gate, and have a record of measures taken, and students receive at least 1 hour of tobacco control education per semester.
Teachers do not smoke in front of students
For university tobacco control, in addition to the above regulations, the Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention also emphasizes that teachers are not allowed to smoke in front of students, do not accept students to salute cigarettes, and do not hand cigarettes to students. At the same time, teachers should take the initiative to discourage students from smoking. Schools should also have ways to encourage or help staff to quit smoking.
Except for designated outdoor smoking areas, all areas on university campuses are completely non-smoking. Smoking areas are set up in outdoor, ventilated, remote areas, away from pedestrians must pass through the main passage, meet fire safety requirements, and have obvious signs. Ashtrays and other smoking utensils are not available in non-smoking areas.
The Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention will score based on these requirements to determine whether it can meet the smoke-free school standards.
Beijing Morning Post reporter Xu Jingjing
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Smoking cessation artifacts are hot
Beijing Morning Post 96101 on-site news (reporter Zhang Jingya) Beijing Morning News reporter investigation found that with the official implementation of Beijing's "strictest smoking ban order" on June 1, online electronic cigarettes and smoking cessation drugs are hot, and some merchants are selling so-called foreign smoking cessation drugs under the banner of "purchasing on behalf of". In this regard, the staff of the Beijing Food and Drug Supervision Hotline reminded the public not to buy drugs without quality certification online at will.
A few days ago, the reporter entered the "smoking cessation artifact" on the Internet and thousands of search results appeared, most of which sold smoking cessation stickers and smoking cessation sprays, and all of them were gimmicks of "purchasing on behalf of the buyer and importing".
The reporter saw in a store that the "Irish imported smoking cessation sticker" priced at 262 yuan was very popular, and 234 boxes were sold within 30 days. Merchants also claim that "one box can quit smoking successfully" and so on. Another hot product in the store is the "Thai imported" smoking cessation spray, which cost 199 yuan and sold 189 units in 30 days. The boss said that this product is a high-end product imported from Thailand, "when you want to smoke, you don't want to smoke immediately, the effect is particularly good." And the reporter looked at the buyer's evaluation, but found that many people complained, "Sprayed a can, feel the same as the breath freshener, should smoke or smoke, no use." ”
In this regard, the staff of the Hotline of the Beijing Food and Drug Administration said that some so-called purchasing products do not have the quality certification of the relevant departments, and the safety is not guaranteed, and it is hoped that the public will not trust the advertisements of the merchants and buy such products at will, encounter quality problems, and report them in time.
Not only are smoking cessation artifacts hot, but the e-cigarette market is also booming. The price of e-cigarettes in an online store is 188 yuan, and the sales volume in the past 30 days has been thousands of sets. "Sales have been growing since the end of May, and a lot of retail stores are buying from us." The store is proud to introduce.
Subsequently, the reporter visited the new eastern suburban market and found that many merchants sold e-cigarettes, and the price ranged from tens of yuan to hundreds of yuan, the most expensive five or six hundred yuan. During the interview, a man was picking and matching an e-cigarette that cost 450 yuan. "Now many colleagues smoke e-cigarettes, I want to choose one to give to the boss, so the packaging grade is the key." Customer Mr. Wang confessed.
According to Ms. Song, a merchant, "Most people now buy it for gifts, so they don't ask so much, as long as the packaging is good and the price is expensive." ”