Revealing Chairman Mao s Smoking Addiction What is so special about his cigarettes

Mondo Entertainment Updated on 2024-02-23

**Ten Thousand Fans Incentive Plan In many film and television works depicting ***, we can not only witness his outstanding intelligence and amiable smile, but also often find the cigarette roll in his hand.

There were three things in the chairman's life that he couldn't part with: smoking, eating chili peppers, and reading. He really did not leave his hand on the roll and the cigarette in his hand.

When *** sits in the conference room, when he is meditating, when he is resting, he can often be seen holding a cigarette in his hand, as if as long as he takes out the cigarette, all problems will be solved.

Today, let's step into the other side of the great man and explore his unique relationship with tobacco. As early as around 1927, ** began to become associated with cigarettes.

When the situation of the Chinese revolution was facing a severe test, Chiang Kai-shek launched the "April 12" counter-revolutionary coup, a large number of communists were tragically defeated, and the prospects of the revolution were bleak. Against this background, Chairman ** often pondered the way out and the future of the Chinese revolution.

Although *** did not smoke in his early years, in this year, for the sake of his future and prospects, he began to use cigarettes to relieve stress. It was against this background that he completed his important work "Report on the Investigation of the Hunan Agricultural Movement", emphasizing the necessity and importance of the agrarian revolution and arousing strong repercussions within the Communist Party.

The Hunan Agricultural Investigation Report is the foundation of the first thought, and tobacco has played an important role in its creation process. Whenever he encounters a creative bottleneck, ** will take out a cigarette and think quietly, tobacco seems to have become a source of inspiration for him.

What's more, through tobacco, we have shortened the distance with farmers and communicated better with them. In China's past, many farmers smoked dry tobacco due to the stress of life, and for them, smoking was a good way to relax.

Therefore, it can be said that the first thought is inseparable from the company of tobacco, which has become a bridge for him to keep close contact with farmers.

In the old days, dry tobacco was a common tobacco product that consisted of tobacco rolled up and wrapped in paper for smoking. Although this kind of smoke is very harmful to the body, it is the only satisfaction they can get for those people who are in financial difficulty.

In order to better understand the real situation of Chinese society and farmers, ** often goes to the grassroots level and talks with everyone cordially. In order to shorten the distance between the leading comrades and the people, he always blended in with the people.

He often smoked dry cigarettes with everyone, and he smoked many of them in his early years. Even sometimes when the soldiers seized good cigarettes or the good cigarettes brought to him by his comrades, he would selflessly take them out and share them with the peasants.

If you can travel back to the Hunan countryside in 1927, you may be able to see a person in a short shirt sitting in the middle in the field, talking cordially with everyone.

This person is ***, and he is asking the peasants about their real standard of living. This kind of exchange allowed him to have a deeper understanding of the people, and also inspired his batch after batch of excellent works.

The people of Hunan and Jiangxi will even give him some tobacco leaves, which makes *** very moved. After arriving in Jinggangshan, this kind of dry tobacco gradually disappeared, and was replaced by good tobacco, including the famous Laodao brand cigarettes and Sanbaotai cigarettes at that time, and even American cigarettes.

All these show that ** has always maintained close contact with the people, and his works have always been based on the people as the source of creation.

It was not because of the improvement in living conditions that there was a change in the behavior of the **, but because the Red Army achieved several victories in battles, successfully thwarting the enemy's plots.

On the captured or killed enemy, we found many cigarettes, which were the riches of the **, and many high-grade cigarettes were carried with them. The fighters knew that *** liked to smoke, so they hurried to deliver the cigarette to him.

Therefore, ** often happily says to everyone: "These cigarettes are all gifts from ** to us!" I've eaten 100 meals and smoked 100 cigarettes! ”

In 1931, the Provisional Chinese Soviet Republic was established in Ruijin, and the chairman spoke with the business bosses at the meeting. He generously took out the seized Hademen cigarettes and said to everyone: "Let's try the cigarettes that Chiang Kai-shek gave me!" ”

The shopkeepers present were amazed, they did not expect the Communist Party leader to smoke as well. In the past, they all thought that the Communist Party would not allow a commercial existence, but after this meeting, they realized their role and expressed their willingness to support the Red Army and complete the revolution.

Ouyang Cai, a famous local businessman, went to Jinggangshan a few days later to chat with Chairman ***, only to find that he only had one cigarette left.

** Comrades in the midst of intense battles, in order to soothe the mood, need cigarettes. But the fighting was tense and there was no time to make tobacco. In desperation, he could only smoke a dry cigarette.

However, he did not forget about those comrades who fought together. When smoking, he folds the cigarette into two sections, the one with the mouthpiece for the other person, and the one without the mouthpiece himself.

This moved Ouyang Cai very much, and from then on he vigorously funded the Red Army until our army's Long March. Tobacco is small, but it is also part of the revolution.

In the ranks of the Red Army's Long March, there was a soldier from the Soviet Union, his name was Li De. Although he often disagrees with *** in decision-making, they are extremely "united" when it comes to smoking.

In the Long March, grassland is the hardest part of the road. Li De and *** often look for tobacco together, they are like scientists doing experiments, they see something like tobacco along the way, they will try it to see if they can smoke it.

After the end of the Long March, ** successfully arrived in Yan'an, and the tension was relieved. However, the greatest threat they faced at this time was the well-armed and unusually cruel Japanese.

Under pressure, in order to persistently resist the Japanese aggression, Chairman ** expounded his military thinking in the book "On Protracted War". Not only is this book one of his most outstanding works, but the military ideas contained in it still have a profound impact today.

It was precisely because of this masterpiece that our army was able to persevere in the difficult 8-year War of Resistance and finally ushered in victory. However, in the process of creating the book "On Protracted War", the chairman once set a record of two days and two nights without sleep.

At that time, in the process of creation, his heart was full of passion and motivation, and the reason that inspired him to keep moving forward was not only his perseverance, but also the company of cigarettes.

In the process of creating "On Protracted War", Chairman ** showed firm determination and incomparable perseverance. During these two days, he devoted himself wholeheartedly, kept writing, lit a cigarette when he was tired, closed his eyes to recuperate, drank some strong tea to refresh himself, and went out for a walk if his handwriting hurt.

*,*'s friend and famous journalist, many times in his works depicted *** smoking. In 1937, when **'s wife visited Yan'an, ** talked to her at a small table in the courtyard, and there was only tea and cigarettes on the table, which was the consistent style of ***.

Although he smoked without moderation, this did not affect his work efficiency and creative spirit, but became a catalyst for his thinking and creation.

** Smoking addiction is very big, reporter Berlant once recorded in Yan'an with his ** National United Front issue: "Mao is lying on a recliner, this is his only luxury, he keeps smoking, I doubt that he is trying to keep warm with the help of small cigarette butts." ”

Although some people estimate that he can smoke 50 cigarettes a day, which seems exaggerated, but considering the difficult environment during the Anti-Japanese War, it is not difficult for us to understand the great pressure.

** Not always finished smoking the cigarette in his hand, according to the memories of Comrade Lu Xiangyou, who followed him, sometimes he lit a cigarette, but instead of smoking, he looked straight into the distance and thought about the problem.

Once, he was thinking so intently that the cigarette butt burned his finger because it was late at night and the sudden pain surprised him! Lu Xiangyou and the guards immediately rushed in, only to find out that it was just a false alarm.

For him, cigarettes are not simply a pastime, but an aid to his thinking.

Not only did the president enjoy the joy of tobacco, but more importantly, it became the backbone of our economy. During our time in Yan'an, in the face of the Kuomintang siege and the Japanese sweep, in order to be self-sufficient, we established a tobacco factory.

The money earned from tobacco supported our military operations. Prior to this, the chairman could only smoke cigarettes given by others, or find cigarettes from Japanese relics; After the establishment of the tobacco factory, his tobacco ** was guaranteed.

**The Chairman is well aware of the importance of cigarettes to the tobacco factory, and he will personally send someone to pay the money every time, and he will never default on it. He often said, "Don't take advantage of others!" ”

He lived frugally, lit cigarettes with matchsticks, and only used one end of the matchbox, and the other end was reluctant to throw away. Once, a comrade privately complained about *** slamming the door, which happened to be heard by him, and ** severely criticized him, emphasizing that although it is just a small match, it also needs to be bought with money.

** Knowing that smoking is harmful to health, but when he faced difficult situations on the front line, his addiction to smoking always made him unbearable. For the sake of the country's great cause of peace, he sacrificed his life to go to Chongqing to meet Chiang Kai-shek, which required great courage and determination.

Chiang Kai-shek had wanted to plot *** in the talks, but in the end he gave up this idea because of one thing.

The secret of not smoking turned out to be his knowledge of Chiang Kai-shek. He was well aware that Chiang Kai-shek did not like the smell of smoke, so he did not smoke for a whole month during the negotiations in Chongqing.

And Chiang Kai-shek also fully understood ***'s addiction to smoking, he prepared the best and most expensive cigarettes, and waited at the venue, the hotel and other places*** However, ** did not move at all, and did not take a single cigarette.

A person who smokes fifty cigarettes a day can resist the ** of such cigarettes and endure not smoking for a month. This is unimaginable for the average smoker, but *** did it.

** Chiang Kai-shek's performance in the Chongqing negotiations deeply shocked him. Not only was he a huge smoker, smoking at least once a day, but when talking to Chiang Kai-shek, he was able to restrain himself and did not smoke a single cigarette.

This shows the determination and perseverance of ***. Chiang Kai-shek failed to look away this time, and his ambition and perseverance were not comparable to him. However, after the Chongqing negotiations, Chiang Kai-shek unleashed a civil war despite the opposition of the people of the whole country.

During the Civil War, attention to front-line warfare reached its peak, and smoking became more frequent. While listening to ***'s report on the war on the Western Front, he smoked cigarette after cigarette, and the anxiety in his heart was palpable.

Mr. Peng's outstanding performance won a huge victory, and he was so satisfied with it that he finally put down the cigarette in his hand. However, Comrade ** reminded in time, saying: "Chairman, you can't smoke anymore, your teeth are already black." ”

But *** replied with a smile: "It's okay, I eat black beans, not smoke." "In that war-torn era, ** broke his heart for the revolution, but fortunately he was accompanied by cigarettes and got through that difficult period.

During that period, the most beloved cigarette was American"555"Because of its unique strength, it is difficult for ordinary people to adapt, but *** is deeply fascinated by it, and he feels that only this strength can meet his taste needs.

Although sometimes some people recommend expensive cigarettes to ***, when he tried it, he shook his head again and again, and was keen to recommend his favorite cigarette to others.

A life with cigarettes If there are no "555" brand cigarettes in the United States, ** the most favorite of the year is the "Panda brand". Aside from these two cigarettes, he was not interested in other tobaccos.

In 1949, the founding of the People's Republic of China, the country gradually stabilized, and the pressure of being captured was also greatly reduced. This time, he made up his mind to quit smoking, but he quickly failed.

Since 1950, when the Korean War broke out, the soldiers on the front line knew that *** liked the "555" cigarettes in the United States, they fought bravely, and every time they captured the cigarette, they would tell ***

Throughout his life, cigarettes have always been with him.

We're going to make our own cigarettes. He made it clear that all party and government personnel will not be allowed to use foreign or private cigarettes in the future. This short sentence pointed out the direction for the development of China's cigarette industry.

Tobacco is one of the country's important incomes**, and if it is heavily occupied by foreign or private enterprises, it will have a negative impact on the country's development.

** Insight into the future, put forward a great suggestion: we should develop our own cigarette brand, do not have foreign language logos. He is well aware of the development dilemma of China's cigarette industry, and the cigarettes we make are always inferior to those of foreigners, and cannot meet the needs of receiving foreign guests.

In order to change this situation, ** leads by example, never smokes foreign cigarettes, but is committed to promoting the development of cigarette brands in China. Under his leadership, China began the work of independent research and development of cigarette brands.

**Every time we visit a place, we bring our own cigarettes and promote them ourselves. His words and deeds have inspired the people of the whole country, made us have higher pursuits and goals, and injected new vitality into the development of China's cigarette industry.

New copywriting: Under the leadership of ***, our country has carried out a cigarette revolution. In 1951, 72% of cigarettes in China were produced by individual manufacturers, but a year later, this proportion dropped sharply to 24%, and the state dominated the tobacco field.

This not only provided a lot of funds for the development of our team, but also enabled me to personally go to Xiangcheng County, Henan Province to investigate the tobacco base, which was praised by him as the "tobacco kingdom".

And *** himself has gradually changed his smoking habits, although he occasionally smokes in social situations, but he is no longer unrestrained. The success of this revolution marks that China's tobacco industry is moving towards a healthier and more orderly development path.

In 1954, when he met with Zheng Dongguo of the Kuomintang, he personally lit a cigarette for him, which deeply moved Zheng Dongguo. He wrote in his diary: "In the more than 20 years of the Kuomintang, whether it was Chiang Kai-shek or the cadres at all levels under me, who had ever treated me like this?

The leader of the Communist Party personally lit a cigarette for me, which made me feel that the leader of the Communist Party is not only a high-ranking official, but also a selfless public servant, whose ordinariness and greatness are admirable. ”

At that time, **'s monthly salary was only about 600 yuan, and during the three-year difficult period, the salary was reduced to 400 yuan, but he was willing to spend one-third of his salary to buy cigarettes every month.

In addition, due to physical reasons, ** had to use a filter mouthpiece to smoke in the later stage, and although this was brought to him by everyone, he insisted on paying for it himself, for which he spent a lot of money.

When General Montgomery visited China, he specially brought his favorite "555" brand cigarettes to *** to express his respect for this great leader. After receiving this gift, he was very happy and wrote a calligraphy work for Montgomery on the same day as a gift.

However, in his later years, due to health reasons, he had to control the amount of cigarettes he smoked. So he came up with a clever solution: divide a cigarette into two parts, and it seems that he smokes a dozen cigarettes a day, but in fact the amount of nicotine ingested has been greatly reduced.

However, it was not long before he gave up because the taste of domestic cigar smoke was not mellow enough. Although the doctor and Comrade *** recommended him to smoke this cigar, *** finally chose the tobacco that was more suitable for him.

This story teaches us that even when faced with a conflict between personal preferences and health factors, we should make wise choices to protect our physical health.

1.When life is dying, ** do not forget humor; After quitting smoking, life came to an end. Among the relics, cigarette holders and cigarettes coexist, and people can't help but sigh: health is the greatest wealth.

2.* When he is seriously ill, he can still joke, which shows his optimistic attitude. However, after quitting smoking, life came to an end. This tells us that health is the most important thing and that smoking is harmful to health.

3.* He almost died from a bad cold, but he still faced it with humor. After quitting smoking, the candle flame of his life was about to go out. This reminds us that health is priceless and that we need to cherish and protect it.

Although the cigarette is light, the spirit lives on. ** Cigarettes, accompany the chairman for a lifetime. The number and brand of the draw reveal the era in which the chairman lived and what he went through.

The chairman devoted his life to the revolution, and cigarettes were always by his side. Even though the cigarette smoke gradually dissipates, the spirit of the chairman always shines brightly and never goes out.

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