Some of the low-priced cigarettes being sold online are recycled gifts or expired, while others are counterfeit, Lin said.

Zhang Li, director of the pulmonary health department at a hospital in Shenyang, said teenagers' bodies are not fully developed, meaning smoking can do more harm to their bodies.

Authorities have largely been unsuccessful in controlling tobacco in China.

With China's online population continuing to grow, it is likely that online tobacco sales will also increase in the future.

"Online cigarette sales are part of illegal tobacco trading and may cause tax revenues from legal cigarette sales to decrease. The national tobacco bureau should crack down on unlicensed online sales," said Yi Tianxiang, a lawyer from Tianjin.

Yang Gonghuan, former deputy director of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, said, "Refraining from selling cigarettes to young people is not just a slogan," adding that progress has yet to be made since a tobacco control plan was issued by authorities at the end of last year.

Tobacco advertising and sponsorships should also be banned from the Internet, Yang said.

Questions:

1. How are young people buying cigarettes?

2. How many tobacco sellers are on Taobao?

3. What is the price difference online?

Answers:

1. Online shopping.

2. More than 20,000.

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