Man who gave up smoking gets chance to attend Games
The cost came courtesy of anti-smoking campaigner Xiong Wei who on Sunday placed an advertisement in the Beijing Message offering for love Olympic tickets to 10 smokers who promised to quit. The singularity of "volleyball man" is proclaimed particular to Xiong, who told China Diurnal on Thursday that he received 132 applications within 40 hours of his ad activity placed.
He said applicants were asked to enter the "competition" by e-mailing their names, occupations and who they worked for - for reasons of habitual supervision - and smoking history. The 10 winners - all of whom admit choice educational backgrounds - were those who establish away the most convincing quitting strategies, Xiong said. It was demanding picking the winners, now all of the applicants seemed so sincere," he said.
Mankind are yet sending me e-mails vowing to quit, however I posses no and tickets," Xiong told China Daily. He said he signed agreements with nine of the 10 winners on Wednesday, binding them to the terms of the deal. Whether any of them embarkation smoking again, they must proclaim a written apology in the Beijing Counsel and refund the reward of the ticket, he said.
One of the winners, 46-year-old academy teacher Dong Hengnian, said he wanted the ticket for his sonny who has recently enrolled in college. He said he agreed without hesitation to consign up his 20-a-day habit. A piece of persons testament be watching me this time, so I'll be shamed provided I don't kick the habit," Dong told the Beijing News.
The youngest of the 10 winners is Lin Hua, a 14-year-old centre college undergraduate from Changsha, important of Hunan province. She said she started smoking when her parents were working outside from home. I'm done with cigarettes as from today," Lin said. Tang Jun, a researcher with the Chinese Institution of Social Sciences praised Xiong's idea, on the contrary said the "quitters" would chalk up the ending word.
It will come down to the straightforwardness of the winners, as sole they will be cognizant if they include stuck to the deal," she said.
