On February 28, Tencent announced through its official Weibo that the WeChat emoji “No smoking”: Recently…quit smoking. In this regard, Zhang Jianshu, president of the Beijing Tobacco Control Association, told reporters that since 2017, the Beijing Tobacco Control Association has been tracking and following this matter. Although Tencent’s decision came a bit late, as a “national software”, it takes the lead. Quitting smoking” has played a good role model.
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“The problem of’smoking’ in online software emoji packages was first raised by Beijing tobacco control volunteers in 2017. At that time, volunteers reported to the Beijing Tobacco Control Association that there were smoking emoticons in the emoji packages of mainstream software such as Sina, QQ, and WeChat. The expression is like a soldier, and holding a cigarette in his mouth is very cool.” Zhang Jianshu said that these softwares are used very frequently in daily life, and every time they are sent, they will have an imperceptible impact and have a tendency to induce young people to smoke.
After the question was raised, the Beijing Tobacco Control Association immediately communicated with the Beijing Municipal Office of Cyberspace Affairs and promoted the removal of smoking emojis on various platforms. In September 2017, Sina Weibo first removed the smoking emoji; in November of the same year, the Tencent QQ client canceled the smoking emoji; since then, more and more social media platforms have joined the ranks of smoke-free. Unfortunately, WeChat has not removed this emoji package.
Zhang Jianshu revealed that the Beijing Tobacco Control Association has been maintaining communication with Tencent. “The association has sent an email to Ma Huateng to reflect this problem. Tencent’s attitude is still very good, saying that it needs to wait for an opportunity to update the version, otherwise the cost will be too high. Up.”
January 28, 2021, WeChatappleThe version has been updated to version 8.0, and the new emoji package is online. The image of soldier smoking that means “leisure” has finally been replaced. On February 28, the Android version of WeChat also launched the “Quit Smoking” emoji package. Since the launch of Emoji on WeChat in 2011, the “big soldier” who has suffered from smoking for ten years finally quit smoking.
“After so many years of negotiations, this matter has finally been completed. We are very happy. Young people use emoticons more and have a very bad influence. Companies, especially well-known companies, should show their responsibilities and responsibility, and be smoke-free. China contributes.” Zhang Jianshu said, I believe most young people will have such a consensus: This soldier who does not smoke is even cooler!
