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Jump to full article: China Daily (cn), 2008-08-16
Author: Xie Chuanjiao China Daily Staff Writer
Intro: A Beijing man who has vowed to give up smoking was given a free ticket to watch the men's volleyball tonight at the Capital Stadium, a reporter with the Beijing News told China Daily Friday.
The reward came courtesy of anti-smoking campaigner Xiong Wei who on Sunday placed an advertisement in the Beijing News offering free Olympic tickets to 10 smokers who promised to quit.
The identity of "volleyball man" is known only to Xiong, who told China Daily on Thursday that he received 132 applications within 40 hours of his ad being placed.
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