Townshend G S, Yach D
Publications Unit, South African Medical Research Council, Parowvallei.
S Afr Med J. 1988 Apr 2;73(7):412-6.
Legislation is an essential component of any effective anti-smoking programme, and is being used increasingly in many countries. Legislative measures may control or ban tobacco advertising, require that cigarette packets carry a health warning and contents statement, limit the tar and nicotine content of cigarettes, restrict sales, impose taxes on tobacco products, restrict smoking in public places and workplaces, make health education mandatory or provide for the establishment of a national anti-smoking agency. A major objective is to establish non-smoking as the norm. We recommend that the government of South Africa introduces a comprehensive anti-smoking programme that will include the following steps: (i) putting extra taxes on cigarettes to fund health education, (ii) prohibiting the sale of cigarettes to minors, (iii) making health warnings and contents labelling on both cigarette packets and advertisements prominent, and (iv) encouraging public and private sector involvement in protecting non-smokers' rights and helping smokers to stop smoking.
立法是任何有效的反吸烟计划的重要组成部分，并且在许多国家正得到越来越广泛的应用。立法措施可以控制或禁止烟草广告，要求香烟包装带有健康警示和成分说明，限制香烟的焦油和尼古丁含量，限制销售，对烟草产品征税，限制在公共场所和工作场所吸烟，强制进行健康教育或规定设立国家反吸烟机构。一个主要目标是将无烟确立为常态。我们建议南非政府推出一项全面的反吸烟计划，该计划应包括以下步骤：（i）对香烟征收额外税款以资助健康教育；（ii）禁止向未成年人销售香烟；（iii）使香烟包装和广告上的健康警示及成分标签显著突出；（iv）鼓励公共和私营部门参与保护非吸烟者的权利并帮助吸烟者戒烟。
