Minors going online to buy smokes
<p><span word="Download">Download</span></p><p><span word="Online">Online</span> <span word="shopping">shopping</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="emerging">emerging</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="challenge">challenge</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="tobacco">tobacco</span> <span word="control">control</span>, <span word="as">as</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="young">young</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="using">using</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Internet">Internet</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="circumvent">circumvent</span> <span word="age">age</span> <span word="restrictions">restrictions</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="purchase">purchase</span> <span word="cigarettes">cigarettes</span>.</p><p><span word="Zhang">Zhang</span> <span word="Yunlong">Yunlong</span>, <span word="a">a</span> 16-<span word="year">year</span>-<span word="old">old</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="Shenyang">Shenyang</span>, <span word="Liaoning">Liaoning</span> <span word="province">province</span>, <span word="admitted">admitted</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="chain">chain</span> <span word="smoker">smoker</span>.</p><p>"<span word="I">I</span>'<span word="ve">ve</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="smoking">smoking</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="years">years</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="buying">buying</span> <span word="cigarettes">cigarettes</span> <span word="online">online</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="year">year</span>," <span word="he">he</span> <span word="said">said</span>.</p><p><span word="Zhang">Zhang</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="takes">takes</span> <span word="him">him</span> <span word="only">only</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="few">few</span> <span word="minutes">minutes</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="make">make</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="online">online</span> <span word="purchase">purchase</span>.</p><p>"<span word="Owners">Owners</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="online">online</span> <span word="stores">stores</span> <span word="don">don</span>'<span word="t">t</span> <span word="care">care</span> <span word="if">if</span> <span word="you">you</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="adult">adult</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="adolescent">adolescent</span>. <span word="You">You</span> <span word="only">only</span> <span word="need">need</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="pay">pay</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="money">money</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="deliver">deliver</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="cigarettes">cigarettes</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="you">you</span>," <span word="Zhang">Zhang</span> <span word="said">said</span>.</p><p><span word="According">According</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Chinese">Chinese</span> <span word="Association">Association</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="Tobacco">Tobacco</span> <span word="Control">Control</span>, <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> 20,000 <span word="vendors">vendors</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="selling">selling</span> <span word="cigarettes">cigarettes</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Taobao">Taobao</span>.<span word="com">com</span>, <span word="China">China</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="largest">largest</span> <span word="online">online</span> <span word="shopping">shopping</span> <span word="site">site</span>.</p><p><span word="Chinese">Chinese</span> <span word="law">law</span> <span word="says">says</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="those">those</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="produce">produce</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="sell">sell</span> <span word="cigarettes">cigarettes</span> <span word="need">need</span> <span word="special">special</span> <span word="licenses">licenses</span>. <span word="Most">Most</span> <span word="online">online</span> <span word="stores">stores</span> <span word="skirt">skirt</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="regulation">regulation</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="claiming">claiming</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="selling">selling</span> <span word="cigarette">cigarette</span> <span word="packaging">packaging</span>.</p><p>"<span word="No">No</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="believe">believe</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="cigarette">cigarette</span> <span word="package">package</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="cost">cost</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> 100 <span word="yuan">yuan</span> ($16). <span word="Stores">Stores</span> <span word="selling">selling</span> <span word="packaging">packaging</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="actually">actually</span> <span word="selling">selling</span> <span word="cigarettes">cigarettes</span>," <span word="said">said</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="online">online</span> <span word="vendor">vendor</span> <span word="surnamed">surnamed</span> <span word="Lin">Lin</span>.</p><p><span word="A">A</span> <span word="survey">survey</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="association">association</span> <span word="at">at</span> 30 <span word="schools">schools</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Beijing">Beijing</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Henan">Henan</span> <span word="province">province</span> <span word="showed">showed</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="four">four</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="of">of</span> 10 <span word="middle">middle</span>-<span word="school">school</span> <span word="students">students</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="purchased">purchased</span> <span word="cigarettes">cigarettes</span>.</p><p><span word="More">More</span> <span word="teenagers">teenagers</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="buying">buying</span> <span word="cigarettes">cigarettes</span> <span word="online">online</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="only">only</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="avoid">avoid</span> <span word="questioning">questioning</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="parents">parents</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="because">because</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="low">low</span> <span word="prices">prices</span>. <span word="A">A</span> <span word="carton">carton</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Chunghwa">Chunghwa</span>-<span word="brand">brand</span> <span word="cigarettes">cigarettes</span> <span word="costs">costs</span> 980 <span word="yuan">yuan</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="most">most</span> <span word="conventional">conventional</span> <span word="stores">stores</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="purchased">purchased</span> <span word="online">online</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="just">just</span> 150 <span word="yuan">yuan</span>.</p>
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