text: 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 .