Yoon Seok-yeol: "Revise and Expand Smoking Area Regulations... Use Tobacco Tax for Booths and Ashtray Purchases"

Regulations Revised for Outdoor Smoking Areas
"Expecting Resolution of Conflicts Between Non-Smokers and Smokers"

Yoon Seok-yeol, the presidential candidate of the People Power Party, is announcing his political pledges at the central party office in Yeouido, Seoul, on the 27th. Photo by Yoon Dong-ju doso7@

[Asia Economy Reporter Hyunju Lee] Yoon Seok-yeol, the presidential candidate of the People Power Party, announced on the 28th that he will revise regulations on smoking areas to expand smoking spaces.

On the same day, as part of the 'Seok-yeol's Heart-throbbing Promise' series, Candidate Yoon stated that he will separate spaces between non-smokers and smokers.

First, he plans to amend the Enforcement Decree of the National Health Promotion Act to establish standards such as the distance between smoking areas and ventilation facilities in booths. Additionally, some of the tobacco tax revenue will be used to fund booths, ashtrays, and other necessary items when installing smoking areas. Candidate Yoon's team evaluated that while Article 9 of the current National Health Promotion Act specifies detailed distances and locations for non-smoking areas, regulations for outdoor smoking areas are insufficient.

Candidate Yoon said, "If fundamental spatial separation between non-smokers and smokers is implemented, it is expected to have a positive impact on resolving social conflicts by guaranteeing both the right of non-smokers to breathe clean air and the rights of smokers."

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