Only 2 percent of current smokers think the taxes are too low.

只有百分之二的现今吸烟者认为税率很低。

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The investigators suggest that inclusion of former smokers together with current smokers may have masked the risk.

研究者认为有吸烟史患者与现吸烟患者一起评估可能掩盖了这个因素的风险。

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Yet, some 22 percent of current smokers said the ads had led them to smoke less, and 11 percent of former smokers said they'd helped them quit.

然而有大约百分之二十二的人说反对吸烟的广告让他们抽的烟少了。百分之十一的前吸烟者说帮助他们戒了烟。

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Compared to women who never smoked, the risk of SCD was significantly elevated in current smokers (relative risk 2.44) and former smokers (RR 1.40).

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Of the 315 sudden deaths in the study, 75 were among current smokers, 148 were among recent or past smokers and 128 occurred in people who had never smoked.

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Current smokers have roughly a two-fold risk of heart disease compared to never smokers, and smokers who quit rapidly lose most of their excess risk after about 3 to 5 years.

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