Changwon Health Center Designates Gamgye Hillstate 4th Apartment as No-Smoking Area for Multi-Family Housing

Preventing Secondhand Smoke and Creating a Pleasant Residential Environment

Changwon Health Center in Changwon Special City, Gyeongnam, has designated Buk-myeon Gamgye Hillstate 4th Apartment as a no-smoking area for multi-family housing. This initiative aims to prevent health damage to residents caused by secondhand smoke in apartment complexes and to create a pleasant residential environment.

Changwon Health Center Designates Bukmyeon Gamgye Hillstate 4th Apartment Complex as a No-Smoking Zone.

The designation of no-smoking areas in multi-family housing is a system under Article 9, Paragraph 5 of the National Health Promotion Act. With the consent of more than half of the households in a multi-family dwelling, public spaces such as hallways, staircases, elevators, and underground parking lots can be designated as no-smoking areas.

As a result of this designation, smoking is prohibited in public areas of Buk-myeon Gamgye Hillstate 4th Apartment—including hallways, staircases, elevators, and underground parking lots. Anyone caught smoking in these designated no-smoking areas will be fined 50,000 won.

Changwon Health Center plans to conduct a publicity and guidance period for a certain time after the designation, in order to raise residents' awareness and settle the system, before beginning enforcement.

Oh Jaeyeon, Director of Changwon Health Center, stated, "The designation of no-smoking areas in multi-family housing is a meaningful practice in which residents autonomously create a healthier and more pleasant living environment." He added, "We will continue to promote and provide guidance to build a no-smoking environment that citizens can truly feel."

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