Antismokers to meet in foes' bastion

The People's Republic of China has evolved into a smokers' paradise, where
a pack of cigarettes costs 10 cents, etiquette demands that strangers
proffer cigarettes, and one may smoke more or less when and where one
wants. An estimated 320 million adults smoke, and that figure rises every
year. But now the kingdom of smokers is to be invaded by the enemy. The
10th World Conference on Tobacco or Health will be held next week in China.
More than 1,800 antismoking activists from 120 countries are expected to
attend.