Seven Additional No-Smoking Zones Designated Including in Front of Yeouido National Assembly Building

Yeongdeungpo-gu Designates 7 Additional No-Smoking Areas Including 4 in Yeouido from October 29... Total of 13,862 No-Smoking Spots in Yeongdeungpo to Combat Secondhand Smoke Exposure

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] Yeongdeungpo-gu (District Mayor Chae Hyun-il) Health Center designated seven additional no-smoking streets on the 29th of last month in areas where complaints about secondhand smoke damage from residents were particularly frequent.

As a result of this measure, the following areas were newly added to the Yeouido no-smoking streets: ▲In front of the National Assembly Building (2765m) ▲Yeouidong-ro (476m) ▲Roads around Yeouido Lotte Castle Ivy (429m) ▲Roads around Yeouido Station (132m).

This expansion brings the total length of no-smoking streets in Yeouido to nearly 4 km, following the designation of the no-smoking zone around Yeouido Station in September.

In addition to Yeouido, three other sections were newly designated: ▲Back gate of Shindaerim Elementary School (228m) ▲Roads around Singil Station (200m) ▲Roads around Dangsan Station (86m).

All these locations have been frequent sites of complaints from residents about secondhand smoke damage.

With this, the total number of no-smoking zones designated by the district now amounts to 13,862 locations, including the seven newly designated no-smoking streets. Since last September, the district has been steadily increasing no-smoking zones, including being the first nationwide to designate all school commuting routes for elementary, middle, and high schools within the area as no-smoking streets.

After the guidance period set to end on November 30 of this year, a fine of 100,000 KRW will be imposed from December 1 on anyone caught smoking in the newly designated no-smoking streets.

Previously, the guidance period ended for areas designated as no-smoking streets in September, including ▲Singil-ro Wooshin Elementary School commuting route ▲Yeouidaero ▲Parts of Uisadang-daero pedestrian paths and roads (including bicycle lanes) ▲Kyungin-ro 88-gil pedestrian paths and roads. Since November 1, fines have been imposed on those caught smoking in these no-smoking zones.

The district stated that it will continue to monitor complaints related to smoking and review residents' responses to the expanded no-smoking zones to further extend these areas.

For detailed information on the newly designated no-smoking street sections, please refer to the “Yeongdeungpo-gu No-Smoking Street Designation Notice” posted on October 29 in the ‘Notices and Announcements’ section of the district website, or contact the district’s Health Support Division.

Chae Hyun-il, Mayor of Yeongdeungpo-gu, said, “We will expand no-smoking zones to prevent secondhand smoke damage and strive to create an atmosphere where residents voluntarily quit smoking,” adding, “We will make Yeongdeungpo a healthy city and a pleasant, open space with smoke-free, walkable streets.”

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