摘要
This month’s cover story was supposed to be about smoking.As China braces for the impact of a looming tobacco epidemic,we set out to see whether cigarettes might ever truly be put out in a country that still regards Double Happiness smokes as wedding favors.But the more we dug into the topic of tobacco,the more we discovered it wasn't the only story worth telling.Vaping,and the steady rise of e-smoking in China,became our focus-an up-and-coming industry that stands to offer smokers a safer alternative to cigarettes,and maybe even change the long-term trajectory of tobacco use on the mainland.
