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Chefs smoke as they stand in the doorway leading to their kitchen ...
May 8th, 2011
(Reuters) - Chefs smoke as they stand in the doorway leading to their kitchen at a restaurant located in a "hutong", Chinese for small alley, in central Beijing May 8, 2011. China banned smoking at all indoor public venues from May 1, 2011, in an effort to shield the world's most populous nation, and its largest cigarette producer, from the harmful effects of the habit. REUTERS/David Gray (CHINA - Tags: HEALTH SOCIETY) -
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