“All tobacco companies are state-owned, and the industry provides signifiant revenue; it also directly employs more than half a million people. From the government’s perspective, smoking is important to stability, both economic and social. Some cigarettes are even subsidized–the cheapest brands cost as little as thirty cents a pack, because officials fear that farmers will become unhappy if they can’t afford to smoke.”
- Peter Hessler, author of Country Driving: A Chinese Road Trip.
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Smikong in public places is still not banned in China. Very often if you ask a smoker not to smoeke next to you as you don’t want to breathe it in he or she will make a very surprised face…
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