Chinese smoke in public areas? Not anymore in the future.

　　　　

Nowadays, smoking is more and more ordinary among different age groups all over the world. However, the common sense of whether people should smoke in public areas, and the rules published by the government to regulate smoking are quite different in various countries.
I will mainly introduce these differences between the United States, Japan and China in this blog.
　　　　
I personally think the biggest difference is that in China, people are almost free to smoke everywhere, while smoking in public places is regulated and managed very well in America. I still remember during my childhood, I could see people smoking on a public train. This was a very unpleasant memory for me. As time has gone by, the situation has changed a lot in some of the big cities. Now people cannot smoke on the public mass transit in China. However, from an objective point of view, China actually still does not have a high level of consciousness compared to the United States and Japan. I have found Americans seldom smoke in public areas, or they just smoke in a specified area. I also heard Japanese residents are very similar. In contrast, you could see a Chinese citizen smoke on the street, in the restaurant, or in the train station. 

Therefore, the Chinese community that does not smoke is easily exposed to second hand smoke in many public places. Research has shown there is a correlation between China residents and their level of education impacting their likeliness of smoking. The higher their education, the less likely they are to smoke. It is worth noting that the population of China is very large, therefore, it is very difficult to acquire a basic assumption of the average individual in China. In conclusion, the difference is led by the cultural diversity among these countries. As society develops, the idea of China integrating harsher regulations on smoking is likely to continue advancing towards the United States and Japan levels. I sincerely believe that this situation will improve in the future ten years. I will be introducing more differences in the following posts.