Dying to Survive, Hidden Man recipients of Dirty Ashtray Award

One of the most popular movies shown in cinemas last year has received a Dirty Ashtray Award from the Chinese Association on Tobacco Control for its rampant smoking scenes.

Dying to Survive, which depicted the dilemma of leukemia patients who have to rely on unapproved cheaper generic drugs to survive, received the award for having the longest tobacco-related footage in the movie - 16.8 minutes in total, accounting for 14.5 percent of the total length of the film, according to the association.

Hidden Man, a gangster movie, and the Drug Hunter, a TV series about confrontations between police and drug dealers, also received Dirty Ashtray Awards for their excessive tobacco-related scenes.