What do you think of “winning prize by quitting smoking”?

如何看待“戒烟有奖”这一措施？



自2011年1月起，中国内地将在所有室内公共场所、室内工作场所、公共交通工具和其他可能的室外工作场所完全禁止吸烟。为此，卫生部规定，对主动戒烟并成功戒烟一年的职工给予500元人民币奖励，职工在办公大楼内吸烟或摆放烟缸烟具，发现一次通报批评。

Smoking will be prohibited in many indoor public places, workplaces, public vehicles and other outdoor workplaces in mainland of China since Jan of 2011. Therefore, Ministry of Health stipulates that the employees who take the initiative in quitting smoking for one year will be given a reward of 500 Yuan. Those who are caught smoking in the office building or displaying tanks will be given a notice of criticism.

戒烟奖500块真金白银，这个措施让人议论纷纷。

One can be awarded 500 Yuan for having quit smoking, this has aroused controversial discussion.



难道“禁止”只能停留在了口头上和书面上，难以起到任何实际的效果吗？朋友们来说说，戒烟是否应该有奖，禁止吸烟怎样才能落在实处呢？

Will prohibition be in written or oral form and without any practical effect? Let us have a discussion, do you think it is reasonable to win prize by quitting smoking? How can the prohibition be carried out efficiently?



（Please express your views in English.请用英文表达你的看法。）

Second-hand smoke has proven to be very harmful to people who don't smoke.People should stop smoking, period.

highly developed economy will be helpful with prohibition.

Of the whole family, because we do not smoke, that's very harmful to!

I oppose smoking.one person smoking hurt some people health.

I agree “winning prize by quitting smoking”.

Maybe it works because the money is really an attraction.but I really wonder to know where is the 500RMB from.And who are the supervisers of the smokers?There are lots ofproblems which are worth thinking.

Personally speaking, I am totallyin favour of being awarded by quitting one's smoking.Relatively it is very hard to require people correcting their bad habits which have been developed many years.The best encouragement of this way operated may be a proper awarding.That will activate such kind of policy runs smoothly and effectively.As we have known,stop-working is so difficult that there can be tremendous amount ofpeople can't avoid the same frustration at the moment whenthey make an attempt to quitthis irritating habit.But everyone loves to be encouraged by material goods like money ，and through this all can getbenefits.To tell you the truth.the same kind regulation has been runningin my company for several years，with it the same punishment also has been into use，that is someone must submitpenalty if he/she smokes beyond the regulated place.

“Smoking is harmful to ur health” shows clearly from every cigar's box .Nomatter what kind of regulation，stimulation ，and advocation ，we actually hope that preventing smoking beside others will be a self-conscious action and spread further and further.The dream that living in a clear，harmless，and harmonious environment will come true soonly .

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