Tuesday, May 05, 2009

County in China orders its officials to ... smoke!!!

A Chinese county has ordered officials to smoke nearly a quarter of a million packs of cigarettes every year in the hopes of raising tax revenues. 

Gong'an county told civil servants and teachers to smoke 230,000 packs of the locally-made Hubei brand each year. 

Those who do not smoke enough, or are caught puffing on brands from other provinces, or overseas, face being fined or even fired. More...

See also:

  1. Smokers worse than cows shitting, says Malaysian spiritual leader!!!
  2. India bans smoking in public places...
  3. OMG! Swedish prostitutes want to pay taxes!!!

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