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An Inconvenient Truth

2008-02-09LILI

Beijing Review 2008年17期

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Only a stricter and wider ban on smoking in public places will ridChina of the health burdens caused by tobacco.

On the eve of the national public-ity week for tumor preventionand control starting on April 14,Wu Yilong, Deputy Principal ofGuangdong Provincial People's Hospital,revealed an inconvenient truth to the media:children and adolescents are increasinglybecoming the victims of smoking inducedcancels.