Speaking in London, Professor Richard Peto of Oxford University said if cigarette consumption could be halved by 2020, 25 million deaths could be prevented in the first quarter of the 21st century.

牛津大学的Richard Peto教授在伦敦指出，如果香烟消费量到2020年能够减半，那么，在21世纪的头25年内便可减少2,500万人的死亡。

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For much of the twentieth century, nearly ubiquitous cigarette advertisements encouraged smoking through both overt and subliminal gimmickry.

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The remnants of Islamic rule still stand near the Islamic Police headquarters in Timbuktu, where fundamentalist police enforced seventh-century punishments: whippings for cigarette smoking, amputations for theft, and executions for adultery.

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By the early 20th century, with the growth in cigarette smoking, articles addressing the health effects of smoking began to appear in scientific and medical journals.

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