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Jump to full article: Minneapolis (MN) Star Tribune, 2003-05-11
Author: Jeremy Breningstall / Special to the Star Tribune
Intro: I went into a bar last week and -- between the wall-size replica of Mount Rushmore and the jazz paintings -- there were tables full of people smoking.
That anyone should be there at all was a bit of a surprise; ordinarily, Chinese bars are about as populated as a Nevada desert.
"Yufang," an acquaintance explained, offering me a cigarette. "Precaution."
She did not have to tell me what the precaution was against: feidian, also known as Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome. It's true, more people are smoking in the belief that it will ward off SARS. As the Chinese government has admitted the true extent of the spread of the virus, all kinds of precautionary measures, some more effective than others, have come into vogue. [This graph only]
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