Jump to full article: MySinchew.com (my), 2009-09-14
Author: (By TAY TIAN YAN/Translated by SOONG PHUI JEE/Sin Chew Daily)
Intro: Hong Kong cultural activist Leung Man Tao is a smoker. For many times, he just disappeared when we were giving a speech, dining or chatting and was later found smoking outside.
Leung has been devoting himself to Buddhism in recent years and he has even quit alcohol. However, he is still quite persistent in smoking.
When I asked him why, he said that it has nothing to do with “looking for inspiration”, as many thought. In fact, smoking just helps him to concentrate and provides a “sense of being”. . . .
Eventually, smokers may have to smoke in dark alleys like drug addicts.
Therefore, Leung threatened to launch an “anti-anti-smoking” campaign together with other smoking cultural activists in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan next year.
As a repentant former smoker, I can only have sympathy for Leung and other smokers.
Although the anti-smoking movement in Malaysia is less harsh compared to Hong Kong, those disgusting pictures printed on our cigarette packages may be the worse in the world. . . .
However, anti-smoking movement is certainly a mainstream of the world community. The world will keep the anti-smoking movement based on personal health and the government's health-care costs.
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