{"id":166268,"date":"2013-12-05T11:21:28","date_gmt":"2013-12-05T19:21:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?p=166268"},"modified":"2013-12-05T11:21:28","modified_gmt":"2013-12-05T19:21:28","slug":"tobacco-production-doubled-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2013\/12\/tobacco-production-doubled-china\/","title":{"rendered":"Tobacco Production Doubled in China"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Looking to a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tcrc.org.cn\/html\/xwzx\/2678.html\">recent report by the Research Center for Health Development<\/a>\u00a0[zh], the Global Times reports that\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.globaltimes.cn\/content\/829992.shtml#.UqC-T2RDuXh\"><strong>tobacco production in China has nearly doubled<\/strong><\/a> since Beijing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.who.int\/fctc\/signatories_parties\/en\/index.html\">signed on to the WHO&#8217;s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control<\/a> a decade ago:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Cigarette production in China has almost doubled since the nation signed a landmark international agreement to curb tobacco, meaning that the nation is only paying lip service to tobacco control legislation, according to a new report.<\/p>\n<p>The report, Tobacco Control in China from A Civil Society Perspective 2013,\u00a0compiled and released by the Beijing-based Thinktank Research Center for Health Development, found that about 2.175 trillion cigarettes were produced in the 12 months to October.<\/p>\n<p>In 2002, before China signed the World Health Organization (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control\u00a0in 2003, cigarette production was 1.75 trillion, but it rose to 2.58 trillion annually by 2012.<\/p>\n<p>[&#8230;]\u00a0In a 2012 WHO assessment report, China was only awarded two of a possible 16 points for its smoking ban in public places, namely schools and hospitals, while its curb on tobacco advertising won no credits. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.globaltimes.cn\/content\/829992.shtml#.UqC-T2RDuXh\"><strong>Source<\/strong><\/a>]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In 2009, China\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2009\/06\/china-raises-tobacco-tax-to-curb-smoking\/\">raised the tax on tobacco products<\/a>, and in 2011 a <a href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2011\/04\/china-smoking-ban-may-have-little-effect\/\">nationwide ban on smoking in public places went into effect<\/a>, though <a href=\"http:\/\/www.globaltimes.cn\/content\/805691.shtml#.UqDNEGRDvrs\">enforcement remains weak<\/a>. China&#8217;s tobacco industry makes large contributions to central and provincial government revenues, and has been known to <a href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2011\/09\/china-tobacco-funding-primary-schools\/\">fund primary schools<\/a>. The massive industry presents a serious hurdle to curbing smoking in a country that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brookings.edu\/~\/media\/Research\/Files\/Papers\/2012\/10\/25%20china%20tobacco%20li\/25%20china%20tobacco%20li.pdf\">produces more that 40% of the world&#8217;s cigarettes, and is home to over 300 million (25% of the world&#8217;s) smokers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Another recent report from the Global Times notes that changes in the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.globaltimes.cn\/content\/829545.shtml#.UqDLVGRDvrs\"><strong>behavior of government officials could be instrumental in changing the nation&#8217;s attitude on smoking<\/strong><\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The anti-smoking advocacy group ThinkTank has urged Chinese government officials to take the lead to curb smoking in the world&#8217;s largest cigarette market.<\/p>\n<p>Officials should not consume tobacco products purchased with government funds or accept any tobacco gifts, and they should refrain from smoking in public, according to ThinkTank&#8217;s annual report released on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>[&#8230;]\u00a0In a country where luxury cigarettes have become a common currency for bribery, ThinkTank&#8217;s latest anti-smoking appeals have proven very pertinent.<\/p>\n<p>At least two officials in east China&#8217;s Jiangsu Province have been fired and then punished for corruption in past years after pictures of them smoking luxury cigarettes appeared on the internet.<\/p>\n<p>[&#8230;]&#8221;More needs to be done to prevent government officials from accepting luxury cigarettes as bribes,&#8221; said Xu Guihua, deputy director of the Chinese Association on Tobacco Control. [<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.globaltimes.cn\/content\/829545.shtml#.UqDLVGRDvrs\">Source<\/a><\/strong>]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Looking to a recent report by the Research Center for Health Development\u00a0[zh], the Global Times reports that\u00a0tobacco production in China has nearly doubled since Beijing signed on to the WHO&#8217;s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control a decade ago: Cigarette production in China has almost doubled since the nation signed a landmark international agreement to curb 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