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May 14, 2015 Sally L. Satel , Sarahann Yeh

بكين ــ في غضون بضعة أسابيع سوف تنفذ بكين حظراً على التدخين على مستوى المدينة بالكامل في كل الأماكن العامة المغلقة، مثل المطاعم والمكاتب، فضلاً عن حظر الإعلان عن التبغ في الأماكن المفتوحة، ووسائل النقل العامة، وأغلب أشكال وسائل الإعلام. وإذا نجحت هذه المبادرة، التي أقرها في أواخر العام الماضي مجلس الشعب الصيني على مستوى البلديات، فربما تفرض الصين حظراً مماثلاً على مستوى الدولة بالكامل.

لا شك أن انخفاض معدلات التدخين بشكل كبير من شأنه أن يجلب فوائد هائلة في مجال الصحة العامة في الصين. ولكن هل هذا ممكن؟

مع ما يقدر بنحو 300 مليون مدخن، تمثل الصين ثلث إجمالي المدخنين على مستوى العالم، وتشهد نحو 2700 حالة وفاة مرتبطة بالتدخين يومياً في المتوسط. وتكاليف علاج الأمراض المرتبطة بالتدخين، ناهيك عن الخسائر المرتبطة به في الإنتاجية، باهظة.

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Sally L. Satel

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Sally L. Satel, a medical doctor, is a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, DC.

Sarahann Yeh

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Sarahann Yeh is a student at the University of Maryland.

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ECIGattorney™ ECIGattorney™ May 19, 2015

This article is quite on point and timely. We are in the process now of forming a new coalition of stakeholders dedicated to the development of appropriate regulations and standards for e-cigarettes and e-liquids in China: the Chinese Regulatory Working Group on Electronic Cigarettes (the “Working Group”). We invite all interested Chinese stakeholders to join us in proactively approaching the Chinese authorities to develop appropriate regulations and standards tailored to the different product categories within the e-vapor industry. For more information, please contact me and visit our webpage: https://www.khlaw.com/Chinese-Ecig-Working-Group.
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Laszlo Nagy May 17, 2015

To change customers' preferences from one product to another - that would require a costly advertisement campaign. For many people, choosing between the cigarette and a substitute will be an emotional choice - can e-cigarette provide the same experience as regular cigarettes? Or is it just regarded as a quitting alternative?
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Petey Bee May 16, 2015

"Revenue loss" isn't part of the tradeoff. Because there isn't any. Smokers don't produce money for the state, they consume it with their increased health care needs.

However, it's a neat way to reduce the population. The tradeoff is between the revenue gain to be had by eliminating smoking, vs it's effect in reducing the population.
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