This is the data of smokers in China. It sounds exaggerated, but it is all true. Some young people around me are basically smoking, and some even regard smoking as the main tool for social interaction. However, cigarettes are not all disadvantages. A large part of our tax revenue comes from cigarettes, which also contribute a lot to GDP.
In addition, cigarettes are almost a necessity and it is difficult to give up. At the same time, you can't ask the public to quit, otherwise it will cause great panic. This is enough lessons in the world. Since it can't be solved, it is better to let it continue and introduce corresponding policies for supervision.
1, data of smokers. CCTV News released a data on the Internet, saying that the number of smokers in China has exceeded 300 million. At the same time, some pictures were exposed, which were smokers' lungs. Because of the huge number and the fact that smoking is a common phenomenon in life, it spreads quickly on the Internet. According to statistics, only 15 years old population reached 26.6%.
This figure seems a bit exaggerated, but it is not false at all. You know, in life, many teenagers under the age of 15 have joined the ranks of smoking. You can see the clue from the toilets in some schools. The harm of cigarettes to human body is enormous, even cigarette cases have enough reminders, but people seldom pay attention to these.
2. Income problem Tobacco problem, to put it bluntly, is a tax problem, accounting for almost 10% of our country. Imagine that China has a population of1400 million and hundreds of industries. Tobacco alone can account for 10%, which is a huge number. In addition to taxes, this is also an income. In many provinces in China, the economy is developing rapidly, and a large part of them rely on cigarettes.
It can even be said that cigarettes are one of the main financial revenues. Once cigarettes are banned, the development of the country will be greatly affected, which is irreversible. In order to avoid this, cigarettes cannot be banned.
3. The problem of cigarettes is a lesson from the past, and it is not without countries to deal with it. 1920 the prohibition of alcohol in the United States has led to a large number of smuggling and selling of alcohol in society, and even many irreparable incidents have occurred. The law was finally abolished in 1933.
Cigarettes are similar to alcohol, even more serious than alcohol. Once banned, the consequences can be imagined. By then, there will be more and more private dealers. It is better to be controlled by the state than to make the whole society chaotic. At the same time, corresponding policies have been introduced, which strictly require the manufacture and sale of cigarettes and protect teenagers from smoking as much as possible.