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Xi Vowed To Curb Smoking, But Cigarette Sales Tell A Different China Story
China's cigarette packaging also looks strikingly different from that in many countries. Instead of graphic health warnings, packs typically feature a single-line caution alongside national imagery such as pandas or the Gate of Heavenly Peace.
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Cancer Kills 7,500 Daily in China: Study
Chronic infections, smoking and pollution have contributed to skyrocketing cases of cancer in China, with an estimated 4.3 million new diagnoses last year and 2.8 million deaths, claim researchers.
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China's Smoking Death Toll to Double to 2 Million in 2030: Study
Cigarette smoking will kill about two million Chinese in 2030, double the 2010 toll, said researchers Friday who warned of a "growing epidemic of premature death" in the world's most populous nation.
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China Starts Campaign to Snuff Out Smoking in Beijing
China's capital city was sprinkled with red-uniformed volunteers, propaganda banners and no-smoking signs on Monday as Beijing unrolled ambitious new curbs on a popular habit that has taken a serious toll on the country's health.
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China Chokes as Tobacco Profits a Tough Habit to Quit
In the tobacco-producing heartland of China -- the world's largest cigarette market -- smoking is commonplace at work, in taxis and even in hospitals.
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China's new indoor smoking ban takes effect
China's latest push to ban smoking in indoor public venues came into effect Sunday, but the vaguely defined expanded rules were not expected to dramatically reduce the country's heavy tobacco addiction.Smoking, which is linked to the deaths of at least 1 million people in China every year, is one of the greatest health threats the country faces, go...
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Smoke or be fined: China to officials
Officials in a county in central China have been told to smoke nearly a quarter million packs of locally made cigarettes.
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Xi Vowed To Curb Smoking, But Cigarette Sales Tell A Different China Story
China's cigarette packaging also looks strikingly different from that in many countries. Instead of graphic health warnings, packs typically feature a single-line caution alongside national imagery such as pandas or the Gate of Heavenly Peace.
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Cancer Kills 7,500 Daily in China: Study
Chronic infections, smoking and pollution have contributed to skyrocketing cases of cancer in China, with an estimated 4.3 million new diagnoses last year and 2.8 million deaths, claim researchers.
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China's Smoking Death Toll to Double to 2 Million in 2030: Study
Cigarette smoking will kill about two million Chinese in 2030, double the 2010 toll, said researchers Friday who warned of a "growing epidemic of premature death" in the world's most populous nation.
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China Starts Campaign to Snuff Out Smoking in Beijing
China's capital city was sprinkled with red-uniformed volunteers, propaganda banners and no-smoking signs on Monday as Beijing unrolled ambitious new curbs on a popular habit that has taken a serious toll on the country's health.
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China Chokes as Tobacco Profits a Tough Habit to Quit
In the tobacco-producing heartland of China -- the world's largest cigarette market -- smoking is commonplace at work, in taxis and even in hospitals.
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China's new indoor smoking ban takes effect
China's latest push to ban smoking in indoor public venues came into effect Sunday, but the vaguely defined expanded rules were not expected to dramatically reduce the country's heavy tobacco addiction.Smoking, which is linked to the deaths of at least 1 million people in China every year, is one of the greatest health threats the country faces, go...
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Smoke or be fined: China to officials
Officials in a county in central China have been told to smoke nearly a quarter million packs of locally made cigarettes.
