外媒看中國：幼童吸菸路人旁觀孰之過？

New footage has emerged of a Chinese toddler smoking a cigarette in the street as he is laughed at by onlookers.
有一組萌照片新鮮出爐了：中國幼童在馬路上吸菸，路人忍俊不禁。

The pictures are believed to be of a child aged between two and three and despite the vast numbers of adults around, not one attempts to take the cigarette away from him.
照片中的孩子年齡應該在2歲到3歲之間，儘管周圍有很多成年人看到了這一幕，但是沒有人試圖把煙從孩子手中拿走。

Passers-by and people on bikes passing can be heard laughing as the little boy holds the cigarette, taking several puffs of it like an 'old pro'.
孩子手握香菸，行人以及騎車路過的人都被逗笑了，還有人拍了照片——照片中的孩子看上去像個迷你“老油條”。

The footage was obtained by and has sparked fresh debate about the scale of China's tobacco habit.
這些照片出現在網站上，後引發了有關中國人吸菸習慣的熱議。

It is thought that around 30 per cent of the population of China smokes, which equates to 300 million people, with as many as 53 per cent of adult men in the country smoking.
據悉中國大約有30%的人吸菸，即3億菸民，成年男子約53%吸菸。

However, at the end of last year, smoking in public places such as schools and hospitals was banned in the country.
然而，去年年底中國開始禁止在學校、醫院等公共場合吸菸。

It comes after another Chinese two-year-old, Tong Liangliang was pictured lighting up after being taught by his father, who believed the habit would alleviate pain caused by a hernia.
此前曾曝光了一張照片：2歲的童亮亮正在點菸。亮亮的爸爸認爲吸菸可以減輕氙氣導致的疼痛，並教會了孩子吸菸。