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Data source: Lam Ying Lee (CUHK MAE Student)
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Under the Smoking (Public Health) (Amendment) Ordinance Cap 371 in 2006, smoking is prohibited in “public pleasure ground” (PPG)s. The law has taken effect from January 2007, except in otherwise designated smoking area. PPG refers to an open area specified in the Public Health and Municipal Services Ordinance Cap 132. The map shows 12 of the PPGs in Wan Chai district. PPG coloured orange indicates no smokers and the absence of recent smoking evidence; red indicates smoker(s) found inside PPG; and purple indicates evidence of recent smoking only. The smoking situation is taken from an observational study in early 2008. Evidence of recent smoking is defined as the presence of any person smoking at PPG entrance and/ or cigarette litter/ empty packet found at the time of visit. This observation suggested that some smokers have continued to smoke in PPG although smoking is prohibited.
《2006年吸煙 (公眾衞生)(修訂)條例章號371》規定，公眾遊樂場所被定為禁止吸煙地區。由二零零七年一月起，除了某些指定的範圍可吸煙外，公眾遊樂場所全面禁煙。公眾遊樂場所是公共衛生及市政條例章號132所規定的公開場地。圖示十二個於灣仔區的公眾遊樂場所。橙色表示該場所沒有吸煙人士及沒有發現近期吸煙證據；紅色表示有吸煙人士在場內吸煙；而紫色顯示沒有吸煙者但有近期吸煙證據。圖中所示吸煙情況源自二零零八年初一項觀察性研究。近期吸煙證據定義為在觀察期間，發現有吸煙人士在該場所出入口吸煙及棄置煙頭/煙盒。從此研究發現，有部份煙民仍然在公眾遊樂場所內吸煙，儘管此舉是違法的。
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Tobacco smoking 吸煙
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Tobacco products are made partly or entirely from tobacco leaf as raw material. It can be smoked, sucked, chewed or snuffed. Tobacco is addictive due to its psychoactive ingredient, nicotine.
Tobacco smoking is a known risk factor for many chronic diseases, such as heart disease, stroke, cancer, chronic respiratory diseases and diabetes, which are the leading causes of mortality in the world. It is estimated that tobacco usage kills one person in every six seconds, and accounts for one in 10 adult deaths worldwide.
Exposure to second-hand smoking is just as harmful. According to the International Labour Organisation, 200 000 workers die every year due to exposure to second-hand tobacco smoking at work.
Tackling tobacco-induced health issues remains one of the major challenges in public health globally. -
煙草制成品是用煙草作為原料的消費品。可以抽吸、咀嚼或鼻吸。由於煙草含有尼古丁，有刺激神經作用，能使吸食者上癮。
吸煙是多種主要引致死亡的慢性病如心臟病、中風、癌症、慢性呼吸道疾病及糖尿病的風險因素。據估計，煙草每六秒就引致一個人死亡，亦佔全球的成人死亡率約一成。
吸二手煙同樣有害。根據國際勞工組織指出，全世界每年有二十萬人因工作環境長期暴露於二手煙中導致死亡。
對付吸煙所帶來的健康問題仍然是全球公共衛生的一項主要挑戰。
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Organisations 有關機構
- Health promotion, Tobacco Control Office, Department of Health, HKSAR
- Smoking, Centre for Health Protection, Department of Health, HKSAR
Further information 詳細資料