Yeongjong-gu District (Mayor Son Hwa-jung) in Incheon announced on the 29th that it has appointed seven anti-smoking inspectors to help establish a proper no-smoking culture in the area, with the inspectors set to begin full-scale field activities for two years starting in August. This marks the first appointment of anti-smoking inspectors since the launch of Yeongjong-gu District.
 [The Korean Today] Yeongjong-gu District anti-smoking inspector appointment ceremony © Reporter Kim Mi-hee |
From August this year, the inspectors will work for two years mainly in no-smoking zones within the district, taking on the role of helping establish a proper no-smoking culture while protecting residents' health from secondhand smoke damage. They will monitor smoking in designated no-smoking zones under the National Health Promotion Act and related ordinances, support guidance and enforcement efforts, check compliance with no-smoking zone facility standards, and carry out no-smoking campaigns and awareness activities.
The district expects these activities to help create a pleasant and healthy residential environment free of tobacco smoke.
To this end, the district held the 'Yeongjong-gu District's First Anti-Smoking Inspector Appointment Ceremony and Job Training' at the Yeongjong-gu Public Health Center (Director Jeong Han-suk) on the 22nd, presenting letters of appointment to the inspectors and asking them to actively work for the health of district residents.
 [The Korean Today] Attendees at Yeongjong-gu District anti-smoking inspector appointment ceremony © Reporter Kim Mi-hee |
The job training that followed the appointment ceremony focused on strengthening practical skills, covering laws and ordinances related to smoking cessation, techniques for face-to-face interaction when guiding smokers, and on-site safety management rules.
Jeong Han-suk, director of the Yeongjong-gu Public Health Center, said, "I expect the active work of the anti-smoking inspectors, who are joining Yeongjong-gu District from its very beginning, to contribute to spreading and establishing a no-smoking culture." They added, "We will spare no effort in supporting efforts to listen to residents' voices in the field so that a voluntary no-smoking atmosphere can take root throughout the community."
As this marks the first appointment of anti-smoking inspectors in the newly launched autonomous district, their deployment to the field in August is expected to serve as an opportunity to lay the groundwork for Yeongjong-gu District's early no-smoking administration.
[ Reporter Kim Mi-hee: incheonsouth@thekoreantoday.com ]
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