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[vetran]

Bacon-smoking locals provoke noxious Chinese smog

The city of Dazhou in China's southwestern Sichuan Province is taking a hard line on what it believes is a significant contributor to the metropolis's "lingering" smog – the traditional practice of smoking bacon.

According to Xinhua, Dazhou has been suffering a nasty bout of persistent airborne PM2.5 particulates since the beginning of January – co-incidentally at the same time as locals prepare pork in anticipation of the Chinese lunar new year.

maybe they should ban them in case it offends?