Smoking for the State: How China became addicted to its cigarette monopoly
For two decades, the state-run China National Tobacco has undermined a landmark anti-smoking treaty. Millions more deaths are predicted as a result.
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For two decades, the state-run China National Tobacco has undermined a landmark anti-smoking treaty. Millions more deaths are predicted as a result.
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Health experts proposed detailed plans for a gradual end to anti-virus controls, but the Chinese government rebuffed them and dropped restrictions in December with no preparations to cope with the chaotic aftermath, The Associated Press has found
China's abrupt change on COVID policies led to as many as hundreds of thousands of deaths that could have been avoided, according to academic modeling, more than 20 interviews with current and former Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention employees, experts and government advisers, and internal reports and directives obtained by the AP.