China Tobacco Ban Faces Hurdles to Beat Habit: Health
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Midway through Premier Li Keqiang’s opening speech at China’s legislative meeting, delegate Gai Ruyin slipped out for a cigarette break.
Gai, the representative from a northeastern province and a two-pack-a-day man for four decades, is among the 300 million tobacco users China’s government hopes to curb as it weighs a national ban on smoking in public spaces.