The committee urged that central authorities in charge of the issue carefully study the bills and carry out related research and investigations related to the drafting of the law, the report said.
China has more than 300 million smokers, and more than 1 million die from smoking-related diseases each year, according to the Ministry of Health.
About 740 million non-smokers were victims of secondhand smoke.
"Ministries like health and education have been quite actively promoting tobacco and smoking control, but other government agencies were not that aggressive," Gu said.
A recent government plan to control tobacco from 2012-15 was derided as weak by anti-tobacco campaigners.
The plan was issued in December by eight government agencies, including the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Finance and the State Tobacco Monopoly Administration.
Ma Li, another NPC deputy, said the plan expected a national anti-tobacco/smoking law in three years.
"I hope the latest NPC initiative will help accelerate that process," she said, adding that a consensus about the legislation has already been reached.
Gu said the national law could start with a specific clause that bans smoking in public places.
But he also conceded that even if the law is passed, enforcement will be an issue.
He suggested higher penalties be handed down to law violators to help in its implementation.
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