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Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Health ›› 2012, Vol. 1 ›› Issue (1): 48-51.

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Smoking and health

WU Ye-qing*,XIAO He-ping   

  1. *Medical Quality Supervision of Health Authority, Xuhui District Health Bureau, Shanghai 200237,China
  • Received:2012-06-26 Online:2012-07-20 Published:2012-07-20
  • Contact: XIAO He-ping, Email: xiaoheping_sars@163.com.

Abstract: Cigarettes contain various carcinogens and harmful ingredients, smoking is not only harmful to the health of smokers, but also to “involuntary smoking” people. There are some misunderstandings about smoking. Secondhand smoke is the important source of indoor air pollution. At present, in our country smoking banning status is not optimistic and smoke-free laws and regulations are not perfect. It is imperative to maintain national health and ban smoking.