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| Magnetonium |
:wtf: :wtf: :wtf:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8033101.stm
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A county in central China has ordered officials to smoke nearly a quarter of a million packs of cigarettes ever year in the hopes of raising tax revenues.
Gong'an county told civil servants and teachers to smoke 230,000 packs of the locally-made Hubei brand each year.
Those who do not smoke enough, or are caught puffing on brands from other provinces, or overseas, face being fined or even fired.
The decision has led provincial leaders to order a review of the policy.
A million people die from smoking-related diseases in China every year, but local officials were undeterred by the health risks.
"The regulation will boost the local economy via the cigarette tax," Chen Nianzu, a member of the cigarette market supervision team in Gong'an county, Hubei province, told the Global Times newspaper.
The paper said the measure could be an attempt to shore up the Hubei brands against tough competition from cigarettes produced in neighbouring Hunan province.
Smoking is deep-rooted in Chinese culture - where more than half of all male doctors smoke - and there is still a general lack of awareness about the impact on health.
But the authorities have recently started encouraging smokers to kick the habit - even imposing a ban on smoking in public buildings in the capital, Beijing, in the run up to the 2008 Olympic games. |
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| Q5echo |
essentially advocating the slow and deliberate culling of their population in order to increase tax revenue and deplete inventories. in China, dude:rolleyes:
they should legalize bud and tax and smoke the out of that instead.
1,000,000,000 stoned Chinamen. the world would be so much more fun. imagine all the stuff they'd put duck sauce on! |
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| Halcyon+On+On |
| quote: | Originally posted by Q5echo
1,000,000,000 stoned Chinamen. the world would be so much more fun. imagine all the stuff they'd put duck sauce on! |
Well it'd certainly solve the issue of overcrowding of stray animals in urban areas. |
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| Halcyon+On+On |
No, low is when the Chinese government hires scores of workers and even citizens to kill every dog and cat they see in the city and pile the carcasses high for transport.
Really, that entire country. |
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| yukii |
| quote: | Originally posted by Q5echo
hey should legalize bud and tax and smoke the out of that instead.
1,000,000,000 stoned Chinamen. the world would be so much more fun. imagine all the stuff they'd put duck sauce on! |
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| astroboy |
| quote: | Originally posted by Halcyon+On+On
No, low is when the Chinese government hires scores of workers and even citizens to kill every dog and cat they see in the city and pile the carcasses high for transport.
Really, that entire country. |
As long as the dogs and cats were killed fairly humanely and didn't belong to anyone I don't see the problem... unless it leads to a boom in the rat population.. |
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| Halcyon+On+On |
| Do you approve of killing people "humanely" as well? Why not? |
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| Kinezi |
| quote: | Originally posted by Halcyon+On+On
Do you approve of killing people "humanely" as well? Why not? |
People are not cats and dogs, but I approve of killing rape convicts and child molestors in all prisons humanely. |
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| Cro_Addict |
| quote: | Originally posted by Halcyon+On+On
Do you approve of killing people "humanely" as well? Why not? |
we kill cows, pigs, chickens...
cats and dogs are animals just like the above.
what is the difference? |
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| Kinezi |
| quote: | Originally posted by ********
chickens arn't called fluffy until they are packaged. |
I have seen many brave chickens who leaped to their death from cars carrying them to their last destination, slaughter house. I have also witnessed many chickens sneaking in to have their one last sex before being butchered naked in front of other buddy chickens and human public. |
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| Rasidel Slika |
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8033101.stm
| quote: | China cigarette order up in smoke
A Chinese county has rescinded a rule urging its government workers to smoke more in order to boost tax income.
The authorities in Gong'an county had told civil servants and teachers to smoke 230,000 packs of the locally-made Hubei brand each year.
Those who did not smoke enough or used brands from other provinces or overseas faced being fined or even fired.
But the government has now backtracked from the policy, after a report in a local newspaper generated criticism.
U-turn
A million people die from smoking-related diseases in China every year, but the local authorities were initially undeterred by the health risks.
"The regulation will boost the local economy via the cigarette tax," Chen Nianzu, a member of the cigarette market supervision team in Gong'an county, Hubei province, told the Global Times newspaper.
The paper said the measure was probably an attempt to shore up the Hubei brands against tough competition from cigarettes produced in neighbouring Hunan province.
On Tuesday, the local government's website published a statement saying "We decided to remove this edict", but declined to elaborate further.
Smoking is deep-rooted in Chinese culture - where more than half of all male doctors smoke - and there is still a general lack of awareness about the impact on health.
But the authorities have recently started encouraging smokers to kick the habit - even imposing a ban on smoking in public buildings in the capital, Beijing, in the run up to the 2008 Olympic games. |
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