All going up in smoke for Mr Six and others

Feng Xiaogang's film Mr Six was recently declared the top winner of this year's "dirty astray award" by the Chinese Association on Tobacco Control.

Since 2007, the annual mock awards event is being held to focus attention on Chinese films and TV series that show scenes of excessive smoking. Beijing banned smoking in public places last year.

The hoodlum-themed film, which was released in January to both box-office success and critical acclaim, has 102 scenes featuring characters who smoke cigarettes, accounting for 6.3 percent of the 136-minute feature, according to the association.