2021年6月3日
Mark O’Neill
EJ Insight
In China, 341 million smoke, vaping market booms
China has 341 million smokers, and sales and profits of its giant tobacco monopoly are growing.
This year the e-tobacco market in China will exceed 10 billion yuan.
These depressing figures were released last week, despite the valiant efforts of hundreds of Chinese and international doctors, health institutions and public health specialists who have lobbied the government to follow the example of foreign governments that have succeeded in slashing tobacco consumption.
According to a study published in the Lancet, the number of smokers worldwide has increased to 1.1 billion in 2019. One third live in China. ...
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