Yuxi, China, May 7, 2025 (AFP) - Tobacco town thrives as China struggles to kick the habit

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2025-05-07

Visitors mill around a bright red hilltop pagoda in southwestern China, gazing down at a sprawling cigarette factory whose deadly output has put an otherwise unremarkable city on the map. China is home to a third of the world's smokers and tobacco-related diseases are a major cause of death in the country -- a trend likely to worsen as its population rapidly ages. Beijing hopes to dramatically reduce that by the end of the decade, but even the go......

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