泰國控煙出新招 在家吸菸將視作家暴大綱

Smoking in your own home in Thailand may now be considered a crime, if the smoke is considered harmful to other people in the house.
在泰國，如果你在家中吸菸且被認爲對其他人有害，今後將被視爲犯罪。

The new law, Family Protection and Development Promotion Act, was initiated by the Ministry of Social Development and Human Security and was announced in the Royal Gazette on May 22, 2019.
這項名爲《家庭發展及保護法》的新法律由社會發展和人類安全部發起，並於今年5月22日在《皇家公報》上公佈。

The law aims at curbing smoking at home which might be hazardous for others' health residing under the same roof. In that case, it will be considered as 'domestic violence'. The new law came into force on August 20.
這項法律於8月20日生效，旨在遏制家中吸菸行爲。這種行爲可能會對家中共同生活的其他成員健康造成危害，因而，將被視爲“家庭暴力”。

According to the center for research and knowledge management for tobacco control, at the Faculty of Medical Science of Mahidol University, there are about 4.9 million households where one or more family members smoke.
據泰國瑪希隆大學醫學院菸草控制研究和知識管理中心的數據，大約有490萬泰國家庭中有一人或多人吸菸。

An average of 10.3 million people have unwittingly become passive smokers because they've been inhaling smoke at home. Scientific studies show that passive smokers are at greater risk of being affected by cancer.
平均有1030萬人因爲在家吸二手菸而不知不覺地成爲被動吸菸者。科學研究表明，被動吸菸者患癌症的風險更大。

Of 75 child patients from houses where smoking is practiced, 76% of them were found to have nicotine traces in their urine, with 43% of them having nicotine content exceeding permissible levels.
在75名來自吸菸家庭的兒童患者中，76%的兒童尿液中含有尼古丁，43%的兒童尿液尼古丁含量超過了允許的水平。

Smoking at home also "may lead to physical or emotional violence" because of aggressiveness when there is a lack of smoking, and might as well ruin relationships between smokers and non-smoker family members.
在家吸菸也“可能導致身體或情緒暴力”，因爲在吸不到煙時，吸菸者可能產生攻擊性，進而破壞吸菸者和非吸菸者家庭成員之間的關係。

According to the new law, anyone who thinks they are affected by domestic smoking can report to officials concerned so that inspectors will be sent to investigate and take legal action against the smokers.
根據這項新法律，任何認爲自己受到家庭成員吸菸影響的人都可以向有關官員報告，以便政府派檢查員調查並對吸菸者採取法律行動。

Once convicted, the court may order a person to receive treatment to quit smoking in an attempt to protect the person's family.
一旦被判有罪，法院可能會命令吸菸者接受戒菸治療，以保護其家人。

In February this year, Thailand had banned smoking at six of its airports along with a ban in public places.
今年2月，泰國在六個機場實施禁菸，並禁止在公共場所吸菸。