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• Discipline watchdog to ban tobacco purchase by public funds 

China's discipline watchdog will start a joint campaign with the Chinese Association of Tobacco Control (CACT) to ban government officials from purchasing tobacco using public funds, according to a spokeswoman who spoke with Xinhua Thursday.

Zhang Jing, a publicity officer with the CACT, said that the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) proposed the campaign last week.

"They (CCDI) phoned us last week. They are taking very active interests in such a joint campaign," said Zhang who, however, insisted that a specific timetable was not immediately available.

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