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You have to quit smoking to go to university in Korea - comments?

SEOUL (AP) - Getting into a university in North Korea will come with a new requirement for students - giving up smoking.

For years, the communist country has been staging an anti-smoking campaign, with leader Kim Jong Il even calling smokers one of the "three main fools of the 21st century," along with people ignorant of music and computers.

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  • Anonymous
    2 decades ago
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    I think that's actually a pretty good idea, but it's so hypocrytical for him to say that the 2 other main fools are people ignorant of music and computors when a lot of these, more so computors, aren't always readily available to his people. I could be wrong about that though. You can't always trust what you hear on the news.

  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    The only time I successfully stopped smoking was when I really didn't want to smoke. I was sick with bronchitis and almost hacked up organ meat in the living room while having a smoke. I thot these effen things r gonna kill me, I'm not gonna have another till I feel better. 8 days later I thot I wonder how long I can go w/o a smoke? I made a promise that when the urge hits I'll wait an hour, if I still want it then I will have it. I have kept this promise for 16 yrs. It's been close a couple times but I stuck it out. The urge still hits but less and less often. Good Luck Hunny!!

  • TonyB
    Lv 6
    2 decades ago

    Great idea. I've been to South Korea and they smoke a lot. I'd imagine the North Koreans do the same.

    >Any school can set its own policy, even those in a country >run by a raving lunatic with nuclear weapons.

    Exactly. I was just thinking that schools in the USA set their own policies :-)

  • 2 decades ago

    Giving up smoking is hard, you have to do it in Degrees. Here's three tips to help ( some might say that they're foolish ideas tho )

    1. Try listening to music to take your mind off it.

    2. Play with your computer for a while to occupy your time.

    3. Study Politics.

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  • 2 decades ago

    Well any democratic country in the world will not have its citizen attending the University of Korea (in North korea)

  • Anonymous
    2 decades ago

    Any school can set its own policy, even those in a country run by a raving lunatic with nuclear weapons.

  • Anonymous
    2 decades ago

    Students/health friendly decision!

  • Anonymous
    2 decades ago

    Very good idea. But how many people actually go there now?

  • 2 decades ago

    Smartest thing to come out of the country.

  • 2 decades ago

    got two words for kim jong and they aren't merry christmas

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