By Hwang Ihn-taek
Intern
Smokers, who have been expelled out of most buildings, are likely to be driven from outdoor public places in Seoul in the near future due to no-smoking campaigns.
Seoul City said Tuesday that it will conduct a campaign on ``non-direct smoking'' at entrance of two subway stations ― Jongno 3-ga and Sadang ― on Dec. 10 and 11, respectively, under its program to discourage smoking in public places, which is unpleasant and harmful to passive smokers.
A moving no-smoking clinic will be open from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Jongno 3-ga Station on Dec. 10 and at Sadang Station on Dec. 11, a spokesman said.
The campaigners will also distribute leaflets on how harmful passive smoking is to pedestrians and introduce no-smoking clinic at city-run healthcare centers. They will conduct a survey of citizens on restaurants where smoking is banned.
The city plans to designate smoke-free bus stops, parks and apartment complexes to encourage smokers not to smoke in major public places, and eventually to make Seoul a non-smoking city.