Article: China attaches great importance to tobacco control, says diplomat

China attaches great importance to tobacco control, says diplomat

GENEVA, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese government attaches great importance to tobacco control and has taken a lot of measures in this respect, a senior Chinese diplomat said here on Tuesday.

"The Chinese government attaches great importance to the health of people and tobacco control," said Sha Zukang, Chinese ambassador to the United Nations Office in Geneva, at a tobacco control conference of the World Health Organization (WHO).

"We have established a legal framework for tobacco control and public health development, by publishing Law on Tobacco Monopoly, Advertisement Law, Law on the Protection of Minors, Law on the

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