North Korea's Supreme Individuals's Congress has launched smoking bans in some public locations to offer residents with a "hygienic dwelling surroundings," state media KCNA reported.
The tobacco ban regulation goals to guard the lives and well being of North Koreans by tightening authorized and social controls over the manufacturing and sale of cigarettes, KCNA stated Thursday citing lawmakers.
The regulation states that smoking is prohibited in particular locations, akin to political and ideological training facilities, theaters and cinemas, and medical and public well being amenities, KCNA stated.
North Korea has excessive charges of smoking, with 43.9% of male people who smoke in 2013, in accordance with the World Well being Group.
North Korean chief Kim Jong Un is named a series smoker who’s continuously seen with a cigarette in his hand in state media images.
Kim was noticed taking a cigarette break at a prepare station within the metropolis of Nanning, southern China, in 2019 as he traveled to Hanoi for his second summit with US President Donald Trump .
