Cigarettes top Chinese New Year gift list: Poll

Cigarettes have turned out to be among the most popular gifts for the upcoming Spring Festival, a public health survey has found.

More than half of the poll's 1,200 respondents, some of whom are smokers, said they will give away cartons of cigarettes as gifts during the festivities. Recipients of such gifts ranged from family members to business partners.

The survey was conducted by the Jiangsu provincial center for disease control and prevention (CDC).