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  • China's ultimatum: smoke or be fined

    05/04/2009 3:13:51 AM PDT · by Daffynition · 9 replies · 485+ views
    News.com.au ^ | May 04, 2009 | From correspondents in Beijing
    OFFICIALS in a county in central China have been told to smoke nearly a quarter million packs of locally made cigarettes annually or risk being fined, state media reports. The Gong'an county government in Hubei province has ordered its staff to puff their way through 230,000 packs of Hubei-produced cigarette brands a year, the Global Times said. Departments that fail to meet their targets will be fined, according to the report.