Report Exposes Divide in Gov't Tobacco Policies

(Beijing) – The country's first official report on the hazards of smoking has put into focus the government's inconsistence approach to China's smoking habit.

A day before the WHO's World No Tobacco Day on May 31, the Ministry of Health issued its first comprehensive report on research into tobacco-related diseases in the country. It said that in 2011, China had 300 million smokers and 1 million people died of diseases linked to the habit.