I guess cigar smokers everywhere are struggling with smoking bans and other limitations. While those of us in the United States lament increased cigar taxes and constraints on where we can puff, lovers of the leaf in North Korea are coping with their own social pressures. Korea Central News Agency, the country’s official “news” outlet, announced that the country was participating in World No-Tobacco Day festivities.
The article states:
Present there were officials in the field of public health, those of ministries and national institutions, working people in the city of Pyongyang and staff members of the mission of the WHO here and other foreign guests.
Women deserve particular attention, according to the report, reflecting a cultural double standard – men can smoke more freely (for lack of a better term).
Among the festivities was a lecture, “Trend of world no-tobacco activities and measures to prevent passive smoking.” Also, “Its participants went round the Tobacco Substitutes Exhibition.”
I don’t think there are any CRA members in North Korea … but that’s just a guess.
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Tags: north korea, politics, smoking ban
