The Chinese citizens are smoked 10 times more by cigarettes on profit

District government Gong'an, in a province Hubei in China, has caused global dispute when it has entered to "a quota of cigarettes" About civil servants, in aspiration to increase volume of receipts in local economic recession.

The Chinese law allows to raise a district justice taxes to sale of cigarettes, only if they are made in edge. Gong'an district usually raises incomes least cigarettes any of district in region, however, partly because the next provinces Hunan does one of the highest quality of cigarettes in China.

Within the limits of efforts on increase of incomes, the district has been passed the law of orders for civil servants, only a smoke of cigarette Gong'an district, and threaten to punish them if they do not correspond certain quotas. County it was ordered employees of a smoke in total 230000 Hubei marks of cigarettes, for a full expenditure almost 4 million yuans ($590000). Within the limits of a new rule, and "special target group" has been created and accused bodies.

That has drawn attention of world community mass media when the local newspaper has informed that the teacher of high school was be summary punishment for smoking incorrectly mark of cigarettes is imposed. The teacher has informed that officials of district has entered into school without the prevention one day, and have begun sorting stubs in a room on duty.

When three "has not been found compatible" stubs, the district threatens the penalty. After negotiations with school, a public censure, instead of has been published.

When this history has broken, local and global the press at once criticised rules for waste of public funds and encouragement of unhealthy practice.

Last years the central Chinese government has started realisation of the wide program against smoking of initiatives. China is the house for 350 million smokers 1 million from which die of illnesses, the reasons connected every year.

Having faced criticism growth, Gong'an the authorities have temporarily suspended a rule, said that it has broken rules about notice delivery.

"This question is at a consideration stage", the county is told in the statement.

There are no public health services problems have been named as the reason for a turn, but officials, to those I do not say that they do not intend encouragement non-smoking to start to smoke.

The sale of contraband cigarettes increased by 30% in Canada

Quebec people are champions among smokers of illegal cigarettes. This is the name they share with their neighbors from Ontario. Indeed, the sale of contraband cigarettes has increased by 30% in Canada in 2007 and by 37% in Quebec during the year. These annual results, estimated the Canadian Council of tobacco businesses. The study shows that 30,5% of the cigarettes smoked in this country are the result of illegal trade. The Council considers that the total losses estimated at $ 1.6 billion. These tobacco products are the result of indigenous reserves are established along the St. Lawrence River. These cigarettes are sold at the price of a good cause, or about $ 6 per cartridge, and the products of the major cigarette business was sold for $ 48-70.

Small retailers can not compete with cheap illegal tobacco, says the president of JTI Macdoland Corp. Michelle Puarie. Illegal cigarettes are not subjugated to the same rules as cigarette manufacturing entrepreneurs, members of the Council. There are no checks to verify the quality of cigarettes. Very often, these cigarettes are sold in plastic bags, which do not convey information about the dangerous effects of smoking.