Seodaemun-gu, Seoul's First 'Solar-Powered LED Streetlight Smoking Ban Guidance System' Installed

Seoul City Selected for 'Community Smoking Cessation Environment Contest'... No-Smoking Zones and Health Center Smoking Cessation Clinic Contacts Posted at 3 Locations: Hongjecheon Riverside Trail, Changcheon Culture Park, and Gyeongui-Jungang Line Sinchon Station Plaza

[Asia Economy Reporter Jongil Park] Seodaemun-gu (Mayor Moon Seok-jin) recently installed the city’s first ‘Solar-Powered LED Streetlight No-Smoking Guidance System’ to promote residents' health and create a smoke-free environment.

This initiative was selected in May this year through Seoul’s ‘Community No-Smoking Environment Creation Contest’ and was installed at three locations within the district: the walking trail along Hongjecheon near Hongjegyo Bridge, Changcheon Culture Park, and the plaza at Sinchon Station on the Gyeongui-Jungang Line.

The system operates automatically using solar power and a timer without electricity supply, displaying on LED panels the no-smoking zone boundaries, fine imposition criteria, contact information for the public health center’s smoking cessation clinic, walking exercise information, and catchphrases such as ‘Healthy Seodaemun-gu Free of Cigarette Smoke.’

Especially at night, it shines using solar energy charged during the day, making it more visible and also serving as a streetlight to illuminate the surroundings. During the day, recorded announcements promote no-smoking information.

The district promotes various year-round projects to create a no-smoking environment and improve residents’ health, including smoking prevention education, youth smoking cessation programs, smoking cessation clinics, no-smoking campaigns, and inspections of no-smoking zones in public facilities.

Moon Seok-jin, Mayor of Seodaemun-gu, stated, “We installed the LED streetlight no-smoking guidance system to encourage smokers to quit and to prevent secondhand smoke exposure to non-smokers, and we will continue to work harder to reduce smoking rates in the community.”

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