Mao Zedong was often pictured with a cigarette in his hand, as in this often-reproduced 1957 shot of him meeting the all-female Third National Congress of Chinese Communist Youth League, who appear to be vying to offer him a light: In a tell-all biography, Maos personal physician wrote that the leader responded with a joke when he criticized Maos chain smoking, saying Smoking is also a deep-breathing exercise, dont you think? Chinas current generation of top leaders, though, are a marked contrast to their predecessors ones: none of the current members of the Central Politburo Standing Committee, the all-powerful seven-man group that runs the country, are smokers
In 2016 it was estimated that 7.7% of high school students smoked cigars
Research carried out by YouGov in 2024 found that 52% of smokers supported raising the age of sale by one year every year and 78% of the public supported the idea of a smoke-free generation
Maximino: Now (ahem) lets talk about something we can agree about
By shedding light on the toxic nature of cigarette filters and their impact on aquatic organisms, the Gothenburg team hopes to spur necessary changes in policy and regulation