On August 18, 1978, the New York Overseas Chinese Daily published a letter from an American overseas Chinese advising Deng Xiaoping to quit smoking, which read:
I have always wanted to suggest to Vice Premier Deng Xiaoping that he should live at least another thirty-five years in order to inherit the legacy of Chairman Mao and Premier Zhou, for the sake of the 900 million people, for the sake of overseas Chinese, and for the sake of China, in the sake of his shoulders of the four modernizations and the building of China into a strong country with rich people.
Whenever I saw that he could not leave his cigarette, I felt worried in my heart, and I very much hoped that he would quit smoking and replace him with snacks such as chewing gum or melon seeds and peanuts. I don't know if this should be said properly.
But I know that many people may love him as much as I do, so I write this letter, hoping to have the opportunity to greet him on my behalf, and asking him to quit smoking is the blessing of the people and the blessing of the country!
Xiong Xianghui, director of the Central Investigation Department, was deeply moved when he saw the letter, and he immediately forwarded the letter to Deng Xiaoping. After Reading it, Deng Xiaoping said 5 words: "Then you can quit." ”
But it wasn't so easy to quit smoking, and Deng Continued to smoke after that.
In 1989, Deng Xiaoping resigned as chairman of the Central Military Commission, and for health reasons, he began to quit smoking. This is undoubtedly a huge challenge for a person who has smoked for decades.
Deng Xiaoping's health doctor once recalled: "I basically did not smoke when I worked from home, met foreign guests or participated in major state events, and smoked as little as possible." Sometimes, while talking to foreign guests, I saw him habitually pick up a cigarette from the coffee table, turn it around in his hand, want to smoke and stop, and finally put it down again. ”
In the early days of quitting smoking, when the addiction came up, Deng Xiaoping was also very uncomfortable, in order not to quit smoking halfway, he ate fish skin peanuts in order to divert his attention, and finally he quit smoking with great perseverance.
Deng Xiaoping's daughter Deng Rong once commented on her father's smoking cessation: "I think he smoked until he was 85 years old, and he smoked enough!" "#历史转折中的邓小平 #
