While browsing “Brief Introduction of website updates of Chinese Association on Tobacco Control”, an article entitled with “Chinese and American experts estimated that tobacco will kill 3 million Chinese every year after 2050 ” jumped into my sight, my feeling were mixed with shock and helplessness. What shocked me was that 3 million people will be killed every year by the time. What made me feel helpless was why the problem can not be solved? Why there is nobody paying attention to this problem?
On August, 2005, my article “Antismoking Legislation is Feasible” was published in Chinese Journal of Public Health Management. Its main contents are as follows: “Anti-smoking Law should be passed, the principle of which is legislation on tobacco banning, persuading the old and controlling the young”. “Persuading the young” is to persuade smokers who are 18(legal age) or above to cut down or give up smoking, while “controlling the young” is to forbid smokers below 18 to smoke for life. Thus, smokers will form a “faultage”, and there will be fewer and fewer smokers. After one hundred year, there will be no smokers and tobacco factories will close down accordingly.
My article was also reprinted by many newspapers and periodicals in China after publication. I also sent English version abroad, which received approval replies by twenty heads of states. It is a pity that no nation legislates to forbid people below 18 to smoke till now. Will it be realized that 3 million Chinese will be killed every year after 2050 just as Chinese and American experts estimating? I have no idea what the crux of the problem is. Is it unfeasible? Or is it only a matter of time? Or is it related with profits? Or it is because of indifference？Or is it Lord Ye’s love of dragons (One does not like what he pretends to like)? Or is it a disregard for life? No matter what the reason is, I will still call on, and even strongly: pass anti-smoking law as soon as possible and save people’s lives. （The original was published in Linfen Daily on September 9th, 2010）
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