<p>儘管香港出台了禁止在排隊時吸煙的新規，但一些吸煙者仍在公交車站點點燃香煙，郵報觀察到，相關部門表示已加強對旅遊景點的檢查，並加大宣傳力度。\n 新規於週四生效，禁止任何人在公共交通的指定上車點排隊時吸煙，尤其是當排隊人數達到兩人或以上時。\n 然而，在政策實施的第一天，一名郵報記者在尖沙咀的廣東道公交車站看到一名男子在與幾人排隊時吸煙。\n 這名男子是一名自由職業者，只給出了名字 Ray，他表示並不知道新規。“我只是路過，點了一根煙，” 他在被問及時説道，然後便離開了。\n 與此同時，38 歲的菲律賓律師 Matthew Ong 在吸電子煙時避免違反規定，因為在星光碼頭附近的公交車站沒有其他人在排隊。\n 他説他從早前的郵報報道中得知了禁令，但作為遊客對此變化並不在意。\n“從來沒有人來告訴我 ‘嘿，你不能在這裏吸煙’……我從未被罰款，” Ong 説，並補充説他已經去香港超過 50 次探望家人。\n 這位律師還表示，他認為將吸煙相關違法行為的罰款提高到 3000 港元（386 美元）具有威懾作用，因為他已經開始留意禁煙標誌。\n\n 除了禁止排隊時吸煙外，相關部門還對進入電影院、體育設施和主題公園等場所時吸煙的人進行了打擊。\n 法定禁煙區的範圍也擴展到了託兒所、養老院、學校、醫院和指定診所或健康中心的出入口三米（9.8 英尺）以內。\n 煙草和酒精控制辦公室負責人 Manny Lam Man-chung 在週四早上表示，執法人員在尖沙咀進行了檢查，並未發現有人違反法律。\n“早上的行動進行得相當順利，[我們的執法人員] 沒有遇到任何不配合的情況，” Lam 説。\n 該辦公室派遣了 10 到 20 名執法人員檢查旅遊熱點，以及之前關於在非指定區域吸煙的投訴提到的地點。\nLam 表示，該辦公室正在針對遊客開展信息宣傳活動，以確保他們在抵達城市之前瞭解新規。\n“我們希望在遊客在香港旅行時增強他們的意識。實際上，我們與酒店和旅遊行業保持非常密切的溝通和關係，” 他説。\n 宣傳活動包括在酒店和各個邊境檢查站發放宣傳冊和廣告。\nLam 表示，相關部門還與社交媒體用户互動，以傳播政策變化的信息。他強調，罰款將適用於居民和遊客。\n\n 根據新規，垃圾桶附近仍然允許吸煙，除非它們位於禁煙區內。\nLam 表示，該辦公室正在與食品環境衞生署討論移除放置在公交車站旁的垃圾桶，並承諾審查是否應從街道上移除更多垃圾桶。\n 在尖沙咀，一名只給出名字 Driva 的大陸游客表示，他知道一些關於指定吸煙區的規定，因為他之前多次訪問過這座城市。\n“這一直都是這樣的，不是嗎？” 這位 25 歲的舞蹈老師説，並補充説增加的罰款確實具有威懾作用。\n 但 Driva 表示，他最初並不知道最新的措施，但會確保遵守。\n 郵報還觀察到，在公共醫院和其他設施張貼了警告新罰款的標誌，上面寫着：“在此出入口三米範圍內禁止吸煙。”</p>

<p>香港實施了新的吸煙規定，禁止在公共交通上車點排隊時吸煙。儘管如此，第一天仍有一些吸煙者被發現違反禁令。有關部門已加大檢查力度和宣傳工作，以告知居民和遊客這些變化，包括將違規罰款提高至 3,000 港元。這些規定還擴大了幼兒中心、學校和醫院周圍的禁煙區域。官員們旨在通過宣傳冊和社交媒體提高公眾意識，同時正在討論是否在公交車站附近移除垃圾桶，以進一步勸阻吸煙</p>

<p>Some smokers are still lighting up at bus stops in Hong Kong despite new rules banning them from doing so while queuing, the Post has observed, with authorities saying they have stepped up inspections at tourist spots and ramped up promotion efforts.\nThe new rules that took effect on Thursday included a ban on anyone smoking at designated boarding points for public transport when waiting in a queue of two or more people.\nBut on the first day of the policy, a Post reporter spotted someone smoking as he lined up with several people at a bus stop along Tsim Sha Tsui’s Canton Road.\nThe man, a freelance worker who only gave his name as Ray, said he was unaware of the new rules. “I just passed by and lit a cigarette,” he said when approached, before walking away.\nMeanwhile, Matthew Ong, 38, a lawyer visiting from the Philippines, avoided breaking the rules while smoking an e-cigarette, as no one else was waiting at the bus stop near the Star Ferry Pier.\nHe said he learned about the ban from an earlier Post report, but was unfazed by the change as a tourist.\n“No one has ever accosted me to tell me ‘Hey, you cannot smoke here’ … I have never been fined,” Ong said, adding that he had travelled to Hong Kong more than 50 times to visit family in the city.\nThe lawyer also said he believed doubling the fine for smoking-related offences to HK$3,000 (US$386) was having a deterrent effect, as he was already keeping an eye out for no-smoking signs.\n\nIn addition to the ban on smoking while queuing, authorities have clamped down on people lighting up while entering venues such as cinemas, sports facilities and theme parks.\nStatutory no-smoking areas have also been extended to within three metres (9.8 feet) of entrances or exits for childcare centres, residential care homes, schools, hospitals and designated clinics or health centres.\nManny Lam Man-chung, head of the Tobacco and Alcohol Control Office, said on Thursday morning that officers had conducted inspections in Tsim Sha Tsui and had not observed anyone violating the law.\n“The morning operation went pretty smoothly, [our officers] did not encounter anyone who failed to cooperate,” Lam said.\nThe office assigned 10 to 20 officers to inspect tourist hotspots, as well as locations previously mentioned in complaints about smoking in non-designated areas.\nLam said the office was targeting tourists as part of its information campaign to ensure that they were made aware of the new rules before arriving in the city.\n“We would like to enhance [tourists’] awareness when they are travelling in Hong Kong. In fact, we maintain very close communication and a relationship with the hotel and tourism sector,” he said.\nThe promotion efforts include pamphlets and advertisements at hotels and various border checkpoints.\nLam said that authorities were also engaging with social media users to get the word out about the policy change. He stressed fines would apply to residents and tourists alike.\n\nUnder the new rules, smoking is still allowed near rubbish bins unless they are inside non-smoking spaces.\nLam said the office was talking to the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department about removing bins placed next to bus stops, and pledged to review whether more bins should be removed from streets.\nOut in Tsim Sha Tsui, a mainland Chinese tourist, who only gave their name as Driva, said he knew about some of the rules on designated smoking areas as he had visited the city several times before.\n“It’s always been like this, hasn’t it?” the 25-year-old dance teacher said, adding the increased fine was definitely a deterrent.\nBut Driva said he was initially unaware of the latest measures, but would make sure to abide by them.\nThe Post also observed signs being put up at public hospitals and other facilities that warned of the new fines and stated: “smoking is prohibited within three metres outside this entrance or exit”.\n</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>儘管香港出台了禁止在排隊時吸煙的新規，但一些吸煙者仍在公交車站點點燃香煙，郵報觀察到，相關部門表示已加強對旅遊景點的檢查，並加大宣傳力度。\n 新規於週四生效，禁止任何人在公共交通的指定上車點排隊時吸煙，尤其是當排隊人數達到兩人或以上時。\n 然而，在政策實施的第一天，一名郵報記者在尖沙咀的廣東道公交車站看到一名男子在與幾人排隊時吸煙。\n 這名男子是一名自由職業者，只給出了名字 Ray，他表示並不知道新規。“我只是路過，點了一根煙，” 他在被問及時説道，然後便離開了。\n 與此同時，38 歲的菲律賓律師 Matthew Ong 在吸電子煙時避免違反規定，因為在星光碼頭附近的公交車站沒有其他人在排隊。\n 他説他從早前的郵報報道中得知了禁令，但作為遊客對此變化並不在意。\n“從來沒有人來告訴我 ‘嘿，你不能在這裏吸煙’……我從未被罰款，” Ong 説，並補充説他已經去香港超過 50 次探望家人。\n 這位律師還表示，他認為將吸煙相關違法行為的罰款提高到 3000 港元（386 美元）具有威懾作用，因為他已經開始留意禁煙標誌。\n\n 除了禁止排隊時吸煙外，相關部門還對進入電影院、體育設施和主題公園等場所時吸煙的人進行了打擊。\n 法定禁煙區的範圍也擴展到了託兒所、養老院、學校、醫院和指定診所或健康中心的出入口三米（9.8 英尺）以內。\n 煙草和酒精控制辦公室負責人 Manny Lam Man-chung 在週四早上表示，執法人員在尖沙咀進行了檢查，並未發現有人違反法律。\n“早上的行動進行得相當順利，[我們的執法人員] 沒有遇到任何不配合的情況，” Lam 説。\n 該辦公室派遣了 10 到 20 名執法人員檢查旅遊熱點，以及之前關於在非指定區域吸煙的投訴提到的地點。\nLam 表示，該辦公室正在針對遊客開展信息宣傳活動，以確保他們在抵達城市之前瞭解新規。\n“我們希望在遊客在香港旅行時增強他們的意識。實際上，我們與酒店和旅遊行業保持非常密切的溝通和關係，” 他説。\n 宣傳活動包括在酒店和各個邊境檢查站發放宣傳冊和廣告。\nLam 表示，相關部門還與社交媒體用户互動，以傳播政策變化的信息。他強調，罰款將適用於居民和遊客。\n\n 根據新規，垃圾桶附近仍然允許吸煙，除非它們位於禁煙區內。\nLam 表示，該辦公室正在與食品環境衞生署討論移除放置在公交車站旁的垃圾桶，並承諾審查是否應從街道上移除更多垃圾桶。\n 在尖沙咀，一名只給出名字 Driva 的大陸游客表示，他知道一些關於指定吸煙區的規定，因為他之前多次訪問過這座城市。\n“這一直都是這樣的，不是嗎？” 這位 25 歲的舞蹈老師説，並補充説增加的罰款確實具有威懾作用。\n 但 Driva 表示，他最初並不知道最新的措施，但會確保遵守。\n 郵報還觀察到，在公共醫院和其他設施張貼了警告新罰款的標誌，上面寫着：“在此出入口三米範圍內禁止吸煙。”</p>
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香港的新吸煙規定剛剛生效，但是否所有人都在遵守這些規定呢？