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Harbin Proposes First Local Smoking Ban: Published: 2010-10-22 Views:131 reads; Tobacco smoking will be banned in all indoor public places in the city of Harbin, the capital of Heilongjiang Province, under proposals for China's first local law to target "second-hand smoke", according to a China Economic Net story.

Under a draft law announced during a smoking control seminar on Monday, the highest fine for violating the ban would be Yuan2,000, the harshest fine for a smoking offense in China.

Considering the reality of tobacco controls in China, the draft Harbin Second-hand Smoking Control Law would be practical to implement, said Yang Gonghuan, director of the National Tobacco Control Office under the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention.

"As there is no national law on smoking control in China and the execution of tobacco controls is weak, the boom in local laws will definitely be effective in pushing forward a national tobacco control," said Yang.