Plan to curb tobacco use applauded

Health-savvy lawmakers hailed the top legislature's plan to make the first national law on tobacco and smoking control, although they expressed concerns over how it will be enforced.

The response came after the Education, Science, Culture and Health Committee of the National People's Congress released a report last week saying: "It is quite necessary to enact laws to control the dangers of tobacco."

Such a law should be added into future legislation plans after proper preparation, said the report, which was adopted at Friday's closing session of a bimonthly meeting of the NPC Standing Committee.