Shen Chunsheng, a famous calligrapher in Pizhou

Speaking of which, I can't get around Mr. Lin Zexu just mentioned. He was a pioneer in banning opium in China, and Humen's feat is well known. In fact, Lin Zexu's efforts to ban smoking were put into practice long before Humen banned smoking. When he was governor of Huguang, he vigorously promoted some measures, set up a no-smoking bureau, confiscated opium and smoking utensils, invented "no-smoking pills", supplemented them with his own salary, and forced opium addicts to take them. These measures have achieved certain results in a short time. It is said that an elderly woman kowtowed on the roadside at that time, saying that her husband had been addicted to cigarettes for a long time and his health deteriorated. After taking the pill, he gave up opium and gradually recovered.