(Source: Beijing Municipal Government) The plan was jointly issued on Friday by eight government agencies, one of which was the State Tobacco Monopoly Administration, or China Tobacco Corp. China holds a State monopoly on the tobacco industry. Other government agencies included the ministries of industry and information technology, health and finance. Under the plan, for at least three years, cigarette packages will not have graphic warnings that depict the physical effects tobacco can have on the body. "Countries and regions worldwide have been putting graphic labels on cigarette packs, and China is lagging far behind the rest of the world in this," said Wu Yiqun, deputy director...
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