Jangan-gu Outdoor Smoking Room Installed at District Office

Jangan-gu (District Chief Hong Sung-gwan) installed an outdoor smoking room at the Jangan-gu District Office in September to prevent secondhand smoke exposure to children and teenagers and smoking-related harm to citizens using the office, while fostering awareness of health values and responsibility.

The district installed the smoking room at a distance of at least 10 meters from the entrances of each facility in accordance with the standards and methods for establishing smoking rooms under the Enforcement Decree of the National Health Promotion Act, and clearly marked the boundaries of smoking-permitted areas with signage so that facility users can easily identify them.

The district also ensured natural ventilation and separately installed a roof and windbreak.

Shim Jung-ae, head of the Administrative Support Division of Jangan-gu, said, "In the future, we will install warning messages about cigarettes and smoking cessation counseling contact information at the outdoor smoking room where smokers can easily see them," and added, "I hope that the number of smokers will decrease as soon as possible so that people can lead healthier lives."