# Elementary | I don't smoke

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Podcast: [ChinesePod - Beginner](https://stenobird.com/podcast/chinesepod-beginner-702454)
Published: 2026-04-15T08:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/chinesepod/episodes/Elementary--I-dont-smoke-e3hsht8
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Duration seconds: 848

## Resource

If you come to China, you're going to be offered a cigarette. While you can get by on context and gestures, it's nice to know how to politely decline. While you're at it, you smokers out there can also learn how to ask for a light in Chinese. Episode link: https://www.chinesepod.com/1672

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