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Smoking to be banned in Shanghai taxis

SHANGHAI: A new campaign to ban smoking in taxis is part of a wider push to clean up the city's image before the 2010 World Expo. The Shanghai Dazhong Taxi, a taxi company, said drivers found smoking in their cabs could "possibly" be fin ... ...full story at People's Daily

from People's Daily on Thu, Oct 11 2007

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15 Apr 08		Getting Around: Passengers lighting up as taxis improve service » Shanghaiist In the news recently, Shanghai's taxis:"Where's the difficulty in the taxi smoking ban?" The passengers, that's where. Dazhong taxi's "Welcome the World Expo with no smoking in Dazhong taxis!" campaign has stopped taxi drivers from smoking on the job...
25 Apr 08		Tianjin bans smoking in taxis » Shanghai Daily SMOKERS in Tianjin now have to butt out their cigarettes when taking a cab as the northern Chinese city launched a non-smoking campaign in all taxis starting yesterday, Xinhua news agency reported today. The campaign...
30 Jul 08		Shanghai to kick its smoking habit? » Shanghaiist In a move to help realize Beijing's ideal of a non-smoking Olympics, Shanghai has made an effort to curb its inhabitants' unhealthy habits — smoking in cafés and restaurants associated with the Games will now be prohibited. Hotels will be required...
08 Oct 08		No Smoking* » Shanghaiist Whilst smoking bans in restaurants and bars seem to be spreading throughout the rest of the world, Shanghai is having second thoughts. City Diner introduced a no-smoking rule on their second floor earlier this year, but now have an unwritten rule that...
31 May 07		Today is World No Tobacco Day » Shanghaiist Today is World No Tobacco Day, and according to a joint study done by Shanghai city and Fudan University public health researchers found that 82.8% of Shanghai people in a survey said they supported the idea of smoking/non-smoking sections in restaurants,...

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