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[China] Prevalence and patterns of tobacco use in Asia

the actual number of smokers in China could be substantially higher than 301 million. Such underestimation could hinder our ability to assess the progress of current and future intervention efforts. Because under-reporting is disproportionately high in wo
The Lancet (uk)
added Jan 21, 2013 12:25
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[China] Chinese cigarette output up 2.4 pct in 2012

Output and sales of Chinese cigarettes rose less than 2.4 percent in 2012 from the previous year, an industry official said on Thursday.
Shanghai Daily (cn)
added Jan 17, 2013 09:54
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[China, Tanzania] Dar es Salaam eyes Chinese tobacco market

TANZANIA is set to start exporting tobacco to China in efforts to secure a reliable global market.
TSN Daily News(tz)
added Dec 17, 2012 16:10
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The Political Mapping of China's Tobacco Industry and Anti-Smoking Campaign

The anti-smoking campaign in China, despite daunting challenges and deep-rooted institutional barriers, has the potential--and the unprecedented opportunity--to change the course of the tobacco epidemic within China and in the world.
The Brookings Institution
added Oct 25, 2012 10:24
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[China] In Marlboro country, smoking 'nurtures talent'

"Tobacco nurtures talent," says the slogan on the quadrangle wall at a school in Guang'an city, which is co-sponsored by the China Tobacco Corp and the Hope Project of the Communist Youth League.
Sydney Morning Herald (au)
added Aug 26, 2012 20:22
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[USA] China, US cooperate on smoking control in workplaces

China and the United States have established the Sino-US Partnership on Smoke-free Workplaces, pledging cemented efforts regarding tobacco control in workplaces. The partnership was announced in a joint statement issued by the Ministry of Health (MOH) an
China Daily (cn)
added Aug 18, 2012 19:18
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[China] Letters to the Travel Editor

you should be ready for some boorish, self-centered behavior. Hawking and spitting, line-breaking, pushing, bewildering driving, cellphone screaming, unsanitary food preparation, shouting in stores, poor service, shameless staring, smoking in nonsmoking
New York Times
added May 20, 2012 12:58
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[Australia, China] CHAPMAN: Big Tobacco losing ground on plain packs but homing in on world's poor

This morning I reviewed a yet-to-be-published study from a rural tobacco-growing province in China where 89% of illiterate males smoke. Big Tobacco’s planners eye their world maps and salivate over large, poorly educated populations, ideally with corrup
The Conversation (au)
added Feb 28, 2013 15:36
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[China] Chinese Women's Lung Cancer Rate Surging

The number of deaths in China caused by lung cancer has surged by 465 percent over the past 30 years, while Chinese women's lung cancer rate has become the world's highest, said experts at a launch ceremony for World Cancer Day in Wuhan, capital city of c
All-China Women's Federation (cn)
added Feb 5, 2013 17:44
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[China] Most Chinese women exposed to second-hand smoke

Nearly two-thirds of women of reproductive age in China are exposed to second-hand tobacco smoke at home and over half are exposed in the workplace, which raises the risk of complications in pregnancy, including stillbirths and infant death. The findings
China Daily (cn)
added Nov 6, 2012 10:11
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