吸菸表情變咬綠葉 手機QQ表情包正式'戒菸'

Tencent has removed the "smoking" emoji from its mobile QQ portfolio. This follows an earlier move by Sina Weibo to ditch the emoji.

繼新浪微博早先撤除“吸菸”表情後，近日，騰訊也將該表情從其手機QQ表情包中移除。

The emoji showed a character with a cigarette in its lips, and was activated by typing in "leisure."

該表情顯示的是一個嘴裏叼着菸頭的人，當人們敲出“悠閒”兩字時，該表情就會跳出來。

It's since been replaced on mobile devices by a new image with a piece of green leaf in the character's lips.

此後，在手機設備上，該表情已經被嘴裏叼着一片綠葉的人的新形象所取代。

The emoji is still active on Tencent's WeChat app on mobile devices, as well as on desktop computers.

不過，該表情在手機設備上的騰訊微信應用以及臺式電腦上仍可使用。

Reports suggest the Beijing Tobacco Control Association has written to Tencent to call for the removal of the emoji, saying it is not suitable to promote a smoking emoji as "cool" or "leisure."

報道顯示，北京市控制吸菸協會曾致函騰訊公司，呼籲其撤掉吸菸表情。該協會表示，將吸菸表情宣傳爲“酷”或“悠閒”並不合適。

In September, Sina Weibo removed the "smoking" emoji from its platform. "The act of smoking is not cool or fashionable at all. It's an obvious mistake to equate smoking with 'being cool.'" said Zhang Jianshu, President of the Beijing Tobacco Control Association.

今年九月，新浪微博就將“吸菸”這一表情從其平臺上移除。北京市控制吸菸協會會長張建樞表示：“吸菸的行爲一點也不酷，也不時髦。把吸菸等同於'酷'，是一個明顯的錯誤。”