Activists Seek to Plug Loophole in Shanghai Smoking Ban with Appeal

(Beijing) — Anti-smoking activists are appealing to lawmakers in Shanghai to reconsider a draft law that would exempt some businesses and indoor venues from a citywide smoking ban — a law that they say would compromise anti-smoking efforts nationwide.

Legislators in the municipality are scheduled to convene for a third reading of a draft revision to the city's 2010 anti-smoking legislation later this month.