Jin Changrong, councilor for the Shanghai Municipal Government and also a judge, said the current laws banning tobacco sales to youngsters were too general and hard to enforce, during the ongoing parliamentary session.
According to law, tobacco can not be sold to people under 18 years old but they can buy it even so, Jin said.
He said there should be a national regulation on a 500-meter radius ban of tobacco from schools, although some local governments have imposed the 50 or 100-meter radius ban from elementary and middle schools.
