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中文导读 发达国家禁烟卓有成效有俩宝：提高税率和增加公众健康教育。为了降低欠发达地区居高不下的吸烟率，实现公众教育有很大难度。而好消息是，最新研究表明：增加税收或许能够起到减少公众吸烟率的作用。 The recipe to get people to quit is well-known. Why are so many governments ignoring it? IN SOME rich countries ex-smokers now outnumber those who still puff on. But in many poor countries smoking is on the rise, particularly among men. In parts of Africa more than a third of men smoke. In some Asian countries men are as likely to smoke as they were in America 50 years ago, back when the idea that tobacco is deadly was still news. After high blood pressure, smoking is now the world’s second-biggest cause of ill health and early death. Recent estimates put the annual costs from illness a
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