Chinese girl nearly dies from cigarette smoke .
SHANGHAI 1996-12-06
A five-year-old girl in the east China city of Tianjin choked and almost died from cigarette smoke at her grandfather 's birthday with relatives smoking for hours in a small room , the Wen Hui Bao newspaper said on Friday .
The newspaper said the girl was rushed to hospital and found to be having extreme difficulty breathing .
It said eight of the people at the party , including the girl 's father , immediately announced they would give up smoking .