Smoking in China

My friend sent me a link to this article about smoking in China, and I thought I'd share it with all of you. It's, unfortunately, a very real description of the current situation of smoking in China. The truth of the matter is, cigarette factories are a state-owned business that makes the government TONS of money. The government doesn't provide healthcare, so they don't have to worry about that. And, it helps with population control (sorry if that's too blunt, but it's the case). So, the government encourages smoking. As if the air here wasn't bad enough...

Anyway, you can check out the article, In China, cigarettes are a kind of miracle drug by following that link.