leaders, especially in public appearances, tends to attract different levels of attention. Some people think that smoking by leaders will become an example for young people to imitate, which is not conducive to the widespread development of anti-smoking propaganda and the actual effect; some people think that smoking is bad for the health of leaders, and leaders should take the initiative to quit smoking.
During the Revolutionary War years, many leaders of the party were very addicted to smoking because of their hard work. But as they got older, they all chose to quit smoking for the sake of their own health and achieved success. Today we will talk about the stories of several leaders who quit smoking:
Zhou Enlai saw that Mao Zedong was too uncomfortable to quit smoking, so he took the initiative to persuade him to smoke one
The biography of "Commemorating Mao Zedong" published by Cultural Relics Publishing House in 1989 It contains more than 430 photos of him from 1936 to 1965, of which more than 40 are of Mao Zedong smoking, accounting for one tenth of the total. Even in some group photos, Mao Zedong is also holding a cigarette, which shows how badly he smokes.
Mao Zedong spent all his energy during the war years, thinking about the problems of the Chinese revolution, and he often kept his cigarettes in his hands. His addiction was amazing. During the Jinggangshan period, Mao Zedong became addicted to smoking. At that time, he often rested during the day and worked all night at night, because quiet work was more efficient at this time.
In 1936, who came to Yan'an Snow once described Mao Zedong's smoking situation:
Unlike most commanders of the Red Army, smoking was not controlled, even On the Long March Road, Mao Zedong and Li De conducted unique botanical research, tasted all kinds of leaves,To look for instead of .
For the sake of Mao Zedong's health, the staff around him often persuaded him to quit smoking, but he always said jokingly: "Smoking is patriotic, pay taxes to the country!"
Later staff In order to restrict Mao Zedong's smoking, generally only 5 cigarettes are placed in the homemade cigarette case for him to smoke at a time, and sometimes they even simply divide a cigarette into two pieces and put it in the cigarette case.
After the founding of New China, Mao Zedong was still very addicted to smoking. Stalin After the death of Stalin, the Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union Voroshilov When Marshal visited China, he told Mao Zedong: "The Soviet medical experts believed that if Stalin followed the doctor's orders If he smoked, he probably wouldn't have died so early."
It may be that Voroshilov's persuasion worked, Mao Zedong started to quit smoking, but after 10 months, he smoked again.
In the 1950s, Wang Hebin When Mao Zedong was a health doctor, he felt that Mao Zedong smoked too much and it was bad for his health, so he wanted to help him quit smoking.
Wang Hebin then encouraged Mao Zedong's two daughters and the children of the staff around him to stare at Mao Zedong. Whenever they found Mao Zedong smoking, they would pull the cigarette out of his mouth and give him some melon seed candy as a substitute. In such a situation, Mao Zedong had no choice but to smile at the mercy of his children.
Then Mao Zedong couldn't take it anymore,He said to Wang Hebin: "I don't inhale a lot of cigarettes, and most of them are burned in my hands. I don't have a cigarette to take a few puffs in my hand. When thinking about problems, I always feel that something is missing. With a cigarette in my hand , it seems to make up for this deficiency. Sugar and melon seeds can't do this."
Wang Hebin felt that this was Mao Zedong's heartfelt words, and he felt that it was really too difficult to let him quit smoking completely, so he thought of another way to put A cigarette was cut into two sections, and Mao Zedong was only allowed to smoke half a cigarette each time. Mao Zedong readily accepted this method and insisted on it.
In 1968, Mao Zedong had a bad cold. He still wanted to smoke when he was sick, but he coughed more and more when he started smoking. He sighed: "When people are sick, cigarettes have no taste." The staff around him also persuaded him to quit smoking, but still failed.
By 1974, Mao Zedong's health in his later years was not as good as before, with high blood pressure, cataracts in his eyes, and frequent coughing. He was persuaded by the health practitioner and staff to quit smoking, and this time he finally agreed.
Quitting smoking was undoubtedly a painful process for Mao Zedong. Whenever he became addicted to smoking, he would pull out a cigarette to hold it, but he would not light it. Later, he no longer held it in his mouth, but kept fiddling with it in his hand, but more often he put it on his nose and sniffed.
One day, Zhou En came to Fengze Garden to talk with Mao Zedong. He found that Mao Zedong took out a cigarette, held one end in each hand, rubbed it back and forth, and then brought the cigarette to his nose and sniffed hard.
Zhou Enlai saw this and said to Mao Zedong very distressed: "Chairman, you really can't stand it anymore, just smoke one!"
Mao Zedong smiled and refused and said: "No If you smoke again, you have already quit!"
After that, Mao Zedong asked the staff to take away all his cigarettes and smoking accessories, and finally gave up cigarettes completely. A secretary of Mao Zedong once said: "Mao Zedong is Mao Zedong, and there is nothing he can't do that he wants to do."
85-year-old Deng Xiaoping eats fish skin peanuts quit smoking
As we all know, Deng Xiaoping is a famous "old smoker", his smoking age is long and his addiction is great, he is world-famous. He also Once said: "Cigarettes calm my mind and inspire me.
On August 18, 1978, the Overseas Chinese Daily in New York published a letter from an American overseas Chinese advising Deng Xiaoping to quit smoking. The content is as follows:
, please look at his heavy responsibility - to implement the four modernizations, to build China into a powerful country with a prosperous people and a strong country, to inherit the legacy of Chairman Mao and Premier Zhou, for the 900 million people, for the overseas Chinese, for the sake of China, he should live at least another thirty-five years.
Every time I see a newspaper report that he can't live without a cigarette, I get worried, and I really hope he can quit smoking and replace it with snacks like chewing gum or melon seeds and peanuts. I don't know what to say. It should not be said.
But I know that many people may love him as much as I do, so I am writing this letter, hoping to have the opportunity to pay my respects on my behalf, asking him to quit smoking is the happiness of the people and the country!
Central Investigation Department Minister Xiong Xianghui After seeing this letter, he was deeply moved, and he immediately forwarded it to Deng Xiaoping. After reading it, Deng Xiaoping said 5 words: "Then Still quit. "
But it is not easy to quit smoking, so Deng Xiaoping continued to smoke.
In 1989,Deng Xiaoping resigned as chairman of the Central Military Commission and started quitting smoking for health reasons. This is undoubtedly a huge challenge for a person who has been smoking for decades.
Deng Xiaoping's health doctor once recalled: "I usually do not smoke when working from home, and I also try not to smoke when meeting foreign guests or participating in major state events. Sometimes, I see him talking with foreign guests, while habitually picking it up from the coffee table. A cigarette is turned around in my hand, I want to smoke and stop, and finally I put it down again.”
In the early days of quitting smoking, when the habit of smoking started, Deng Xiaoping was also very uncomfortable. 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 his father's smoking cessation: "I think he smoked until he was 85 years old, and he smoked enough!"
Yu Ruomu urged Chen Yun to quit smoking
During the war, Chen Yun is very addicted to smoking. He smokes 2 packs of cigarettes a day, and his fingers are smoked brown. Therefore, in the early days of liberation, his physical condition was not good, and he was particularly prone to colds.
So his wife Yu Ruomu asked Chen Yun to quit smoking. At the request of his wife, Chen Yun began to gradually reduce the amount and changed it to smoking 2 cigarettes a day. Later, he said that smoking 2 cigarettes a day was meaningless, and he said Bitter, dry throat, it is better not to smoke, and since then, he has completely quit smoking. Chen Yun himself said in his later years that his longevity was due to quitting smoking.
Chen Yun and Yu Ruomu
Yu Ruomu also formulated a very common but nutritious recipe according to Chen Yun's physical condition: breakfast is bread, jam, butter, soy milk; lunch is one meat and one vegetarian food; dinner is beans products, vegetables, rice. She also consistently advocates the principle of "fruits help",Let Chen Yun insist on eating two bananas or an apple, Sydney and other fruits after meals. She believes that bananas are rich in potassium and have the effect of balancing sodium in the body. Eating bananas often helps to ensure the quality of sleep.
With Ruoki's conditioning, Chen Yun's health has improved a lot. Not only has he gained weight and he has less colds, but he has always walked lightly, has bright eyes, and is very energetic.
Zhu De quit smoking to save money during the Anti-Japanese War
Zhu De had a big addiction to smoking in his early years. Our army commanders and fighters all know that he likes to smoke.
In the spring of 1940, a battalion was notified that Zhu De would come to the battalion for inspection the next day.
After the meeting, the battalion commander specifically told the instructor that the commander-in-chief was a smoker. The instructor immediately sent someone to buy two boxes of good cigarettes from the Temple of Heaven.
After Zhu De arrived the next day, the instructor brought Zhu De a bench and poured another cup of hot water. Then he took out the cigarette he had bought on a special trip and handed it to him respectfully.
Zhu De picked up the cup and took two sips of water and said, "I don't smoke."
The battalion commander said, "I heard that the commander-in-chief smokes."
Zhu De smiled and said, "I used to like smoking, and The addiction to smoking is not too small. But now, the supply of troops is so difficult that one person can’t even supply 1 tael of oil and 2 tael of salt every month. On average, a soldier can’t get a pair of shoes every 3 months, and a set of clothes needs to wear 3 ounces of salt. Year! Right now, the main thing is to solve the problem of food and clothing."
Then, Zhu De said jokingly: "I only have a monthly allowance of one yuan, if I smoke, even the soap for washing clothes I don't have any more money. So I quit smoking for more than a year."
Afterwards, Zhu De took a look at the Tiantan cigarette and said with a slight smile, "This cigarette is very good, it is a high-end cigarette, and the price must be very high. High. If you smoke such cigarettes, a pack is equivalent to the cost of a soldier's meal for a day."
After the instructor heard Zhu De's remarks, he said:I was very moved. I really didn't expect that the commander-in-chief, in order to save money, would be able to make up his mind to quit smoking, which he had loved for many years.
Chen Yi Changed his name to signify quitting smoking
Chen Yi used to smoke a lot, especially during the Revolutionary War, when he was concentrating on some important affairs, he often smoked one after another.
In the early days of the founding of New China, Chen Yi served as the mayor of Shanghai. Once Chen Yi took a 2-hour car ride and smoked nearly 10 cigarettes. After seeing it, the driver said very distressed: "Mr. Chen, why are you so addicted to smoking? Tell me, what is the benefit of smoking?"
Chen Yi shook his head and said, "Smoking is not good for the human body at all. "
The driver asked again: "Then why do you still smoke so many cigarettes?"
Chen Yi answered frankly: "Inertness! Laziness! To be honest, I quit a few times and never quit!"
But not long after, Chen Yi suffered from bronchitis and coughed non-stop. For the sake of his health, the doctor solemnly persuaded him to quit smoking, and Chen Yi firmly agreed. But the driver on the side laughed. He did not believe that Chen Yi could successfully quit smoking.
So Chen Yi said to the driver seriously: "This time it's not a joke, just supervise me! When I was young, my scientific name was 'shijun' . It was called 'Zhonghong' . Later, I thought that success requires perseverance, so I took the name 'Chen Yi' . This time I quit smoking, I will show you some perseverance !"
Later, Chen Yi did what he said.Successfully quit smoking.
On June 7, 1958, when Chen Yi came to Zhongnanhai to see Mao Zedong, Mao Zedong handed Chen Yi a cigarette, but Chen Yi waved his hand: "I quit."
Mao Zedong smiled and put the cigarette in his mouth and said: " Or you have the determination, I can't quit!"
From the order of leaders to quit smoking, it is not difficult to find that great men are great men precisely because they have strong self-control!
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