The law states that smoking is prohibited in specific places. (Representative)
Seoul:
The Supreme People’s Assembly of North Korea on Wednesday introduced smoking bans in some public places to provide citizens with a “hygienic living environment,” state media KCNA reported Thursday.
The tobacco ban law aims to protect the lives and health of North Koreans by tightening legal and social controls over the production and sale of cigarettes, KCNA said citing the lawmaker.
The law states that smoking is prohibited in specific places, such as political and ideological education centers, theaters and cinemas, and medical and public health facilities, KCNA said.
North Korea has high rates of smoking, with 43.9% of the male population smokers in 2013, according to the World Health Organization.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is known as a chain smoker who is frequently seen with a cigarette in his hand in state media photographs. Kim was spotted taking a cigarette break at a train station in southern China’s Nanning city in 2019, as he traveled to Hanoi for his second summit with US President Donald Trump.
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