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Xi Jinping Quit Smoking. China Still Cannot.

By: Joy Dong
27 May 2026 at 12:00
China’s tobacco monopoly has become so financially vital to the government that even its powerful leader has failed to curb the country’s smoking habit.

© Gilles Sabrie for The New York Times

China has made slow progress curbing tobacco use or enacting a national indoor smoking ban.
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