近日,柳叶刀杂志发表了题为“Public smoking regulation in China:no more hot air”的评论,肯定了我国在控烟方面所做出的努力,并客观评价了其效果。中国是世界上吸烟人口最多的国家,每年约有上百万人口死于吸烟。为保护居民免受二次烟暴露的危害,中国政府颁布了多条禁烟条令,在公共场所全面禁烟,但由于缺乏具体的执行细则和处罚措施,再加上烟草税收是政府财政收入的重要来源之一,导致禁烟效果并不明显。该评论认为,下一阶段中国政府应加强立法,颁布全国层面的禁烟令,通过上调烟草税来控制烟草流行,并加强禁烟的健康宣传教育。 Recently, the Lancet Magazine published a comment entitled “Public smoking regulation in China: no more hot air”, confirming our efforts in tobacco control and objectively evaluating its effectiveness. China is the country with the largest number of smokers in the world. About one million people die each year from smoking. In order to protect residents from the harmful effects of exposure to second-generation smoke, the Chinese government has enacted a number of smoking bans to ban smoking in public places in its entirety. However, due to the lack of specific implementing rules and penalties, the tobacco tax revenue is an important source of government revenue One of the reasons for the no-smoking effect is not obvious. The commentary said that in the next phase, the Chinese government should step up legislation and promulgate smoking bans at the national level, control the tobacco epidemic by raising tobacco taxes, and step up health promotion and education of smoking bans.