There are times when this gig is so rewarding…it usually comes in the form of humor or the absurd.

A Chinese local governmental office issued a decree which stated citizens must smoke at least half a million packs of cigarettes to help in bettering the local economy.

The Chinese province of Hubei had issued this decree. All citizens who smoke cigarettes from international or non local brands would be fined. Smoking quotas were also issued to professors at Hubei regional schools.

This move will help protect Hubei’s local cigarette companies as well as fill in the budget gaps of the local administration.

China has around 350 million smokers, of which 1 million die annually from smoking related diseases.

Hubei’s local authorities have taken their recently issued decree very seriously. New ‘smoking patrol’ unit has been formed that will watch out for smokers, how much they smoke and which brands.

Ya gotta love the Chinese…they have an answer for everything.