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Smoking Ban in China Comes Into Force
medindia 8869 Posts China launched a ban on smoking in restaurants, bars and other indoor public spaces on Sunday but few expect it to have much of an impact in the tobacco-hooked country with more than 300 million smokers. ...Read More
Posted on : Sunday, May 1, 2011 5:50 PM

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The Chinese people should be educated about the effects of smoking on their health. But I guess, it will take years before the smoking ban will really be followed by the Chinese. Smoking is already part of their culture. And it's hard to break a tradition.

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