Guangzhou and Jiangmen become Guangdong's first two cities for experimental enforcement of total smoking ban at some public places, Southern Metropolis Daily reports.

It is a part of the campaign of "For No-smoking China", which National Center for Disease Control and Prevention initiated in Beijing recently.

The public places for smoking ban include restaurants, entertainment outlets, schools, supermarkets, and governmental offices.

Some staff members are being trained specially for the operation now.

The monitoring survey to the second-handed smokers in Guangzhou will commence soon.

There are some 1.1 billion smokers around the world, among which Chinese amount to 350 million.

Editor: Yan