Pupils pose with model cigarettes during a campaign for World No Tobacco Day at a school in Handan, Hebei province. Photo: Reuters
Pupils pose with model cigarettes during a campaign for World No Tobacco Day at a school in Handan, Hebei province. Photo: Reuters
There are 300 million smokers on the mainland. Photo: AFP
There are 300 million smokers on the mainland. Photo: AFP
Mainland inertia on tobacco control 'promises costly tsunami of illness'
Mainland inertia on tobacco control 'promises costly tsunami of illness'
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China's inertia on tobacco control 'promises costly tsunami of illness'

Tobacco control chief warns of costly tsunami of illness and death by 2030 if smoking bans and education campaigns not stepped up

Zhuang Pinghui
Zhuang Pinghui

Updated: 11:29am, 31 May, 2013

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Pupils pose with model cigarettes during a campaign for World No Tobacco Day at a school in Handan, Hebei province. Photo: Reuters
Pupils pose with model cigarettes during a campaign for World No Tobacco Day at a school in Handan, Hebei province. Photo: Reuters
There are 300 million smokers on the mainland. Photo: AFP
There are 300 million smokers on the mainland. Photo: AFP
Mainland inertia on tobacco control 'promises costly tsunami of illness'
Mainland inertia on tobacco control 'promises costly tsunami of illness'
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