Members of the Chinese Government banned smoking in public

The senior officials and members of the Chinese Government have been banned from smoking in public. With this imposition, the Executive hopes to improve the image of politicians and help educate smokers of the dangers associated with tobacco.

In addition to the ban on smoking in public, Chinese leaders were also prohibited from using public funds to buy cigarettes and offer cigarettes or smoking during official acts and public events. The ban was imposed by a new circular from the Communist Party of China (CPC), disclosed this Sunday, December 29.

In China there are more than 350 million smokers and attempts already implemented by the Government in order to reduce the number of smokers have proved fruitless. The ban on smoking indoors has been largely ignored. However, the biggest opponent of Government attempts to Chinese citizens to reduce tobacco consumption is the Government itself.

Currently, China is the world's largest producer and consumer of tobacco. Tobacco sales represent about 10% of the total tax revenue collected by the State and about half of the revenues in the tobacco-producing provinces, refers to Quartz.

Some of the most expensive brands of cigarettes are produced mainly for government officials to offer and receive as gifts. Brands such as "Yellow Crane Tower" or "Diamond", which contain special ingredients â€" such as Caterpillar fungi and manually selected tobacco â€" can cost more than €21,8 per packet.

Although the seven permanent elements of the Central Committee of the CPC not smoking, which contrasts with his predecessors, most senior officials of the party and the Government are.

Photo: Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping between 1978 and 1991 (Center), and Gerald Ford, u.s. President between 1874 and 1977 (left).

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