Smoking has been banned in all indoor public spaces in Beijing. <br /><br /> The toughest crackdown to date aims to stem a looming health crisis. <br /><br /> But the move is controversial, with some saying that smoking should still be allowed in private restaurant rooms. <br /><br /> “Separate rooms are also with the indoor place,” pointed out Zhang Jianshu, Head of the Beijing Tobacco Control Association. <br /><br /> “The waiter and waitress have to serve you. They maybe harmed by your smoking. We have to protect the health rights and interests of all non-smokers.”<br /><br /> There are around 300 million smokers in China and cigarette sales reportedly went up by a third in 2014.<br /><br /> Lung cancer kills more 1.3 million people in the country each year, according to the World Health Organisation.<br /><br /> If caught, those flouting the new ban will be fined around 30 euros. <br /><br /> “I think it will be a little difficult. Some people have smoked for many years. It will be difficult to enforce this policy,” said Chu Tieling, a 23-year-old non-smoker a
