Banning Smoking along with

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Banning Smoking along with Beijing Olympics Feb.
25, 2008 (LAgence France-Presse,AFP??? )
Chinese health officials view the Beijing
Olympics as a golden opportunity to set up the
battle against smoking, a habit that kills about
a million people in China every year.
Despite ongoing attempts to catch up with
much of the developed world, where tobacco use in
public places is banned or increasingly frowned
upon, in China the waft (bad smell) of cigarette
smoke remains an ever-present fact of life.
China boasts up to 360 million smokers, 26
percent of its population and a third of the
total, and the nation is dependent on the tobacco
industry for huge tax revenues. Even top
Chinese athletes such as Liu Xiang, world and
Olympic champion in the 110 high hurdles,
advertises fro Chinese tobacco company Baishan,
while some football and basketball professionals
still enjoy a smoke at half-time. But the
tide shows signs of turning, with people such as
communications expert Ren Mengshan openly
advocating the Olympics as a good platform for
the government to promote non-smoking and the
benefits of good health.
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Located in the sprawling financial district,
Taipei 101 has become not only the landmark of
Taiwan, but also the tallest building in the
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the presidential candidate won a standing ovation.
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Presidential Debates Hillary R. Clinton Barack
Obama, Feb. 21, 2008
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