00:00In news overseas, Beijing, China wants to cut the tobacco habit, which is the major cause of death in the country.
00:06It's because China is the third of the world's smokers and tobacco-related diseases is becoming worse as time goes by.
00:13However, a strong state tobacco monopoly and local economies that depend on the crop are making it difficult for even the government apparatus to do that.
00:21As of now, since China, tobacco owns almost all of the domestic production, processing and distribution.
00:27Policymakers were suggested to balance its interests.
