A man was detained for three days for smoking in a Metro station, the first person in Shanghai to be held for violating tough new no-smoking laws, city police said yesterday.
The man, surnamed Chen, was found smoking near a ventilation shaft along Line 3 on March 23, police said.
A cleaner first detected Chen smoking on Line 3's Hongkou Football Stadium Station, an elevated station, about 2:15pm, police said.
Police arrived shortly after and Chen threw the cigarette butt on the ground.
Chen, 49, was taken to a police station for questioning. He told police he knew that smoking is banned in Metro stations and on subway trains.
Smoking has been prohibited in public places since the city enacted the ban in March 2010. During the past 12 months, 12 public venues and five individuals were punished for breaking the smoking ban. They were fined a combined 25,400 yuan (US$3,878).
However, many smokers still ignore the ban.
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