China tells Communist Party officials to stop smoking
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[QUOTE]BEIJING - Communist Party officials must not smoke in public places or buy cigarettes using public funds, and should encourage their colleagues to quit smoking, a top Chinese government body said in a circular on Sunday.
China is the world's largest tobacco consumer. Smoking is deeply entrenched in Chinese social life, particularly for men, and luxury cigarettes are frequently given as gifts.
Beijing pledged in 2008 to ban smoking in most public venues, including government offices, but enforcement has remained lax and no-smoking signs are frequently ignored.
"The phenomenon of smoking in public places remains prevalent, especially for a small number of leading cadres, who not only endanger the public health and environment, but also harm the image of the Communist Party and the government," says the circular issued by the State Council, China's cabinet.
Party cadres must not buy tobacco using public funds, and those who break rules on cigarettes should be "criticized and educated about their evil influence," the circular says.
Leaders at all levels should deal with rule-breakers severely, it added, without detailing specific punishments.
Communist Party cadres should to "take the lead" in kicking their smoking habits to set an example [/QUOTE]
Interesting. Since PRC controls the almost half of the worlds Tobacco trade and makes a fortune off of it.
Good on them. Smoking's bad.
Well, with the air quality so bad if you're going to breathe in toxins then you may as well get a kick out of it.
[quote]Communist Party officials must not smoke in public places or buy cigarettes using public funds, and should encourage their colleagues to quit smoking, a top Chinese government body said in a circular on Sunday.[/quote]
Sounds fine to me :v:
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