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Minors going online to buy smokes

By Xinhua in Shenyang | China Daily | Updated: 2013-08-15 08:05

Online shopping is emerging as a new challenge to tobacco control, as more young people are using the Internet to circumvent age restrictions and purchase cigarettes.

Zhang Yunlong, a 16-year-old from Shenyang, Liaoning province, admitted he is a chain smoker.

"I've been smoking for more than two years and have been buying cigarettes online for one year," he said.

Minors going online to buy smokes

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