Harnessing The Beast.docVIP

Harnessing The Beast 　　Smoking is one of the most fatal threats to the health of Chinese people. The country now has more than 350 million smokers， accounting for 35 percent of the world’s total. Each year， about 1.2 million Chinese die from smoking-related diseases， according to the National Health and Family Planning Commission. 　　As a signatory country of the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control （WHO FCTC）， China has pledged to comprehensively ban all tobacco advertising， promotion and sponsorship. Its Advertisement Law， enacted in 1994， stipulates that tobacco