Why do so many Chinese still smoke?

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Unlock unlimited access to all our award-winning journalism, subscriber-only podcasts and newsletters Subscribe to The Economist Unlock unlimited access to all our award-winning journalism, subscriber-only podcasts and newsletters Your browser does not support the element. D oes xi jinping still smoke? China’s leader had a penchant for a puff as a young man, and his predecessors Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping kept up the habit. Mr Xi is said to have kicked it; a former boss of the World Health Organisation (who) has even praised him for doing so. Some analysts wonder, however. Many Chinese struggle with the temptation. In a population of 1.4bn, some 300m are smokers. Most are male: nearly half of adult Chinese men smoke compared with just under 2% of women. Together they get through 40% of the world’s tobacco. According to the who, Chinese consumption of it has declined by just 4% since 2000, compared with 13% globally. That works well for the state-owned giant, China National To

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Why do so many Chinese still smoke?

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