Monday, May 4, 2009

A smoke or be fined

The Chinese have found an interesting way to stimulate their economy- smoke or be fined.

OFFICIALS in a county in central China have been told to smoke nearly a quarter million packs of locally made cigarettes annually or risk being fined, state media reports.

The Gong'an county government in Hubei province has ordered its staff to puff their way through 230,000 packs of Hubei-produced cigarette brands a year, the Global Times said.

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