At the end of the Qing Dynasty, opium poison spread rapidly throughout the country and eroded into politics, economy, culture, diplomacy and other aspects, which became a serious social problem. In order to save the fate of the decline of the Qing Dynasty, in the twenty-seventh year of Guangxu (1901)/month 29, Empress Dowager Cixi issued a letter to reform in the name of Emperor Guangxu. It began in the last 10 year of the late Qing Dynasty, that is, the "New Deal of the Late Qing Dynasty" period. During this period, the Qing government listed smoking ban as the main content of the "New Deal" and took the opportunity to launch a serious and powerful smoking ban movement. On the third day of August in the thirty-eighth year of Guangxu (1September 20, 906), the Qing court ordered the administrative office: "within ten years, the harm of exotic herbs will be completely eliminated." . The promulgation of this decree marked the beginning of the anti-smoking movement during the New Deal in the late Qing Dynasty.

165438 10, the government formulated article 10 of the "no smoking regulations", which stipulated that planting, importing, new smoking, smoking addiction and closing cigarette houses were prohibited. In the same month, the Qing government established the General Administration of Smoking Prohibition in Shi Jing and the General Association of Smoking Prohibition in Shanghai. 1907 12. China and Britain reached a smoking ban agreement, stipulating that opium imports from Britain and India will be banned year by year within ten years; Impose heavy taxes on imported opium. 1March, 908, the Qing court insisted: "No matter how difficult it is, it must be cut off within the time limit." 1908 In April, the Minister of Smoking Prohibition was appointed.