Smoke-free Taxies in Bucheon City
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Citizens and visitors to Bucheon can take a 'Smoke-Free Taxi ' in Bucheon City from now on. There are about three thousand taxies in Bucheon City. Bucheon taxies raise the flag saying "No Smoking" high and protect passengers and taxi drivers from passive smoking to prevent hazards caused by smoking and passive smoking.
Bucheon City made an agreement with eight taxi companies in Bucheon to cooperate the program of "Smoke-Free Taxi in Bucheon" which bans smoking inside all taxies in Bucheon eventually to make taxi drivers and passengers healthier, on 11 AM, March 8th, 2013, at Creative Hall, Bucheon City Hall, Bucheon City, South Korea.
Taxi drivers are highly vulnerable to get sick because their long-time driving, lack of workout, and stress from touch traffic can easily lead them to drinking and smoking. So Wonmi Community Heath Center will visit taxi companies regularly and give check-ups for taxi drivers with a vehicle for health check-up services. And the health center will run a "Quit Smoking" program for taxi drivers to provide supplements and treatment to help them quit smoking. Wonmi Whole-Life Health Care Center in Wonmi Community Health Center will offer treatment and precaution of chronic disease and health education for taxi drivers.
For more information about this 'Smoke-Free Taxi in Bucheon' program and check-ups for taxi drivers, contact Check-up Team, Health Improvement Department, Bucheon Wonmi Community Health Center, a phone +82-32-625-4240, twitter @bucheonhealth2 and @bucheon_health.
<photo 1: A taxi painted a public service announcement saying "Say 'No Smoking' if you don't want passive smoking." on its side face, March 8, 2013, Bucheon City, South Korea. Bucheon City made the agreement of "Smoke-Free Taxi in Bucheon" with 8 taxi companies in Bucheon, which run about 3,000 taxies in the city, in order to protect passengers and taxi drivers from hazards caused by passive smoking.>
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