Kim keeps puffing amid North Korea's caign against smoking
(MENAFN- Asia Times) Kim Jong-un smokes a cigarette as he gives guidance on the development of Ssuk Islet in this undated photo
The government has cut the total area planted with tobacco “as much as possible” and health warnings are required on cigarette packs the North’s official KCNA news agency said.
“The number of non-smokers is remarkably increasing with each passing day” KCNA said adding the number of male smokers was 8% lower in 2013 compared with four years earlier.
The news agency made no mention of leader Kim’s habit and the fact that he is frequently seen with a cigarette in hand in public including at an event where he declared success in miniaturizing a nuclear warhead while standing next to a large object that looked to be a ballistic missile.
Kim’s father Kim Jong Il was also believed to be a heavy smoker seen puffing on a cigarette on state media in 2009 a year after he was thought to have suffered a stroke despite claiming several years earlier to have quit.
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