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Thu, April 15, 2021 | 05:31
Seoul to Ban Smoking in Public Places
Posted : 2010-03-22 18:33
Updated : 2010-03-22 18:33
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By Kwon Mee-yoo
Staff Reporter

Streets and parks of Seoul City could be designated as non-smoking areas.

The 21 members of the Seoul Metropolitan Council proposed an ordinance to prohibit smoking on streets and in parks and plazas within the capital.

"I suggested the bill to protect pregnant women and children from second-hand smoke on streets and at other public spaces," Park Hee-sung, a city councilor, said. "It also secures the right to smoke by designating smoking areas."

According to a survey by the Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs last year, nearly 60 percent of respondents complained about second-hand smoke in public areas. More than 66 percent had complaints about second-hand smoke on streets and 62 percent in restaurants.

The bill would affect public areas such as streets, parks, plazas and outside of municipal buildings. These areas would be required to set up a separate smoking section.

It would also provide incentives to companies participating in non-smoking campaigns. For example, eateries and cab companies working to reduce second-hand smoke would receive tax incentives.

The bill will be discussed in the extraordinary session of the municipal council in June. If passed, the ordinance would take effect from January 2011, fining violators up to 20,000 won.

meeyoo@koreatimes.co.kr



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서울시내 길거리와 공원, 광장 등을 금연구역으로 지정하는 방안이 본격 추진된다. 이르면 내년부터 이들 금연구역 내에서 흡연을 하다 적발될 경우 범칙금도 부과된다.

서울시의회 보건복지위원회 부위원장 박희성 의원(한나라당·비례대표)은 12일 이 같은 내용을 골자로 한 '서울시 간접흡연피해방지조례안'을 발의했다.

조례안에 따르면 시장의 행정력이 미치는 곳인 길거리와 공원, 광장 및 시청과 구청 등 청사의 외부구역을 금연구역으로 지정할 수 있도록 규정했다. 이들 금연구역에는 별도의 흡연구역을 지정토록 하는 것이 의무화되고, 보행 중인 사람 뿐 아니라 자전거를 타고 있는 사람의 흡연행위도 금지하도록 했다.

조례안이 시의회를 통과해 본격 시행될 경우 이르면 내년 1월부터 금연구역내에서 담배를 피우다 적발될 경우 '경범죄처벌법 시행령'에 따라 2만 원의 범칙금도 부과할 수 있게 된다. 또 음식점이나 택시에서 간접흡연 피해를 방지하기 위해 사업자가 간접흡연 피해방지활동을 할 경우 예산지원 등의 인센티브를 주는 규정도 담고 있다.









 
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