Many social media users feel the government can only blame itself for how things turned out. "It is just that the authorities haven't prepared it well enough," one says on the Sina Weibo microblogging site. While some are unimpressed that people tried to cheat the system, others point out a potentially unintended consequence: the scheme could simply encourage smokers to light up more often. "It's no different from welfare for smokers," one person writes . "Save your cigarette butts, we'll give you tissues in exchange."