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Thread: How to reject a cigarette politely? —activechinese
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[quote=APAULT ,35203]It is very easy to say no to a cigarette, just say 'no thank you I NEVER smoke, but thank you anyway'.While visitors must respect their host cultures, cultural understanding is better achieved by being politely honest.It is a bit harder with alcohol at meal times when their is a new 'gambai' every thirty seconds. But essentially the same approach is best, though I do sometimes appeear to join in but cheat by puting water in my baijiu glass when no-one is looking! As a final thought, we teach our kids not to give in to peer pressure when pressed to do something they don't want to. I must live by that standard too even at the risk of occasionally offending my host... and I don't think I have done so yet :)[/quote]
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