The "cigarette card" game is popular among primary school students, and parents are worried about hidden worries Education experts: It is better to block than to sparse

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2024-05-20 15:34Posted on the official account of Sichuan Cover News

Cover News Reporter Song Xiao

On the Chengdu subway, a student sits in the corner, puts his schoolbag on the ground, and then plays with a few rectangular cards on his own. This is a scene that happened on May 19th, the small card played by the students is commonly known as the "cigarette card", made from discarded cigarette boxes, just tear off the lid of the cigarette box, fold it into a rectangular card, and whoever fans it over and turns it over wins.

However, some parents are worried that this kind of "cigarette card" that is popular on campus seems to be turning sour. "Cigarette cards" are divided into different levels, and "high-end cigarette cards" have increased the atmosphere of comparison, and some students are not only clamoring for parents to buy cigarette cards online, but also rummaging in the trash. Educators have put forward their own insights into this.

There is a page on the online shopping platform when the merchant advertises the "cigarette card".

"Cigarette cards" are popular, and some dolls are messing with their parents to shop online

The so-called "cigarette card" is a rectangular card made from a discarded cigarette box, and then placed on the ground, and several people hit the ground with an empty palm, as long as it is turned over, it is considered a win. In the eyes of the post-80s and post-90s, this kind of "cigarette card" belongs to the toys in many people's memories, and some people propose that the "cigarette card" just makes people see the original feelings, but some parents find that today's "cigarette card" seems to be a little different from the past.

On May 19, the reporter saw a child playing on Chengdu Metro Line 9. An elementary school student sits alone on the corner floor and "pats" the cigarette card and plays the cigarette card game by himself. In his school bag, there was also a long cigarette case, which was bulging and stuffed with cigarette cards.

On the subway, a student is playing a cigarette card game by himself

The primary school student told reporters that now their game is to first set their "bet" on the number of cigarette cards, if the other party is fanned over and turned over, then the losing student will have to give the corresponding number of "cigarette cards" to the winning side.

The reporter asked if such a cigarette card could still be sold for money? He said that "cigarette cards" are generally not exchangeable, but "premium" cigarette cards can be exchanged for more cigarette cards with lower prices. The grade of the cigarette card is determined according to the price of the cigarette pack.

There are business opportunities for "cigarette cards".

A few cents a piece The merchant claims to have a collection book

The reporter searched for the keyword "cigarette card" on the online platform and found that many merchants will mark the words "rare", "boutique" and "out of print" when wholesale "cigarette card", and claim that "diamond lotus cigarette", "and the world", "cordyceps" and other cigarette cards, after meeting certain conditions, can be issued to buyers as a gift.

There is a page on the online shopping platform when the merchant advertises the "cigarette card".

In the sales records of these stores, there are as few as thousands and tens of thousands of people paying. Among them, most merchants are selling under the slogan of "cigarette cards are sold by box, 1 box of hundreds", and some merchants use the video of minors "shooting" cigarette cards on the store advertising page, introducing how primary school students use an "out-of-print" cigarette card to win other people's winning cards, and with "gameplay" and strategies.

On social platforms, there are also people who teach cigarette folding cards by hand, and more than 10,000 people have liked or bookmarked this video tutorial. Some parents said that their children would post cigarette cards in private, comparing with each other to show off who saved more and whose cigarette cards were more expensive.

There is a page on the online shopping platform when the merchant advertises the "cigarette card".

Experts talk about "cigarette cards":

There's no need to make a fuss, but there's also a need to pay attention to the hidden concerns

Parents are worried that such "cigarette card" games may affect students' physical and mental health, distract their learning energy, and students may increase the risk of comparison and gambling in the game, and become interested and curious about smoking.

Xiong Bingqi, dean of the 21st Century Education Research Institute, told reporters that there is no need to make a fuss about playing "cigarette cards" for primary school students, there are not many game activities for primary school students, and "it is better to be sparse than blocked" for primary school students.

Different from the "radish knife", the "cigarette card" is much less harmful, but for example, primary school students will have some behaviors, in order to collect "cigarette cards" to turn over the trash can, which is very unhygienic; In addition, the "cigarette card" is divided into grades, and the high-grade "cigarette card" that collects and wins is mostly used as the capital to show off and compare, which will inevitably stimulate the students' gambling and comparison psychology. In addition, some cigarette shops also sell "cigarette cards" in response to the demand of primary school students for "cigarette cards"; Primary school students play "cigarette cards", although they only use "cigarette cards" as game props, but in the process of playing, they "deepen" their understanding of tobacco brands, which is similar to making cigarette advertisements in disguise to cultivate "smokers". We should pay attention to these problems.

Xiong Bingqi believes that whether it is playing "Carrot Knife" or now playing "Cigarette Card", it is a way for children to spontaneously find a way to decompress. Most of these games will only be popular for a while, and after a while, there is a possibility that new games will appear. On the one hand, it is necessary to educate and cultivate children's hygiene habits, and tell children that they must not go through the trash cans and pick up cigarette boxes thrown in the garbage heap; On the other hand, it is necessary to educate children about the dangers of smoking, and teach children that they must not buy cigarettes for the sake of "cigarette cards". The regulatory authorities should strengthen the supervision of tobacco sellers, and strictly prohibit the sale of cigarettes to minors in disguise or encouragement.

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