A Sea Of Red

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.

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25 ... 62,00.html

TDDance234 wrote:

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.

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25 ... 62,00.html

Wow so are they trying to kill off that entire region or what?

NG33 wrote: Wow so are they trying to kill off that entire region or what?

Don't worry, they've got more.

If there's one thing I know about the Chinese it's that they like to smoke. A lot.