Smoke-free homes in England: prevalence, trends and validation by cotinine in children
The subnational GDP per capita was estimated at $65,875 in the same period
"A person who wanted to buy a bicycle in the early 1980s often had to obtain a ration coupon from his unit, and in such a situation it often made sense to hand the individual responsible for issuing coupons a carton of Double Happiness cigarettes and a couple bottles of erguotou baijiu (white liquor)" wrote Andrew Wedeman, in his book Double Paradox: Rapid Growth and Rising Corruption in China
Human studies further confirmed systemic low-grade inflammation in smokers, evidenced by elevated serum levels of interleukin-1 (IL-1), IL-6, tumor necrosis factor- (TNF-), and C-reactive protein (CRP) [33, 34]
The ban could, in theory, lower national smoking rates and improve public health