北京——据中国控制吸烟协会(CATC)称，如果提高烟草税，吸烟者人数将可能减少约1370万。

BEIJING - About 13.7 million Chinese smokers would probably quit if tobacco taxes were higher, according to a report from the the Chinese Association on tobacco Control (CATC).

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1960年，研究的初步成果协助说服了美国心脏协会，促使美国人少吸烟，次年，美国人的胆固醇有所下降。

Its initial results helped persuade the American Heart Association, in 1960, to push Americans to smoke fewer cigarettes and, a year later, to cut down on cholesterol.

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美国癌症协会把死亡人数的减少部分归结为减少吸烟和改善直肠癌、乳腺癌、前列腺癌的诊疗技术。

Much of the decrease was a result of reductions in smoking and improved detection and treatment of colorectal, breast and prostate cancers, the American cancer Society said.

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