So, too, they say, is the idea that because hookah smoking is an occasional activity, users are inhaling much less smoke than cigarette users.

他们还说，认为抽水烟不过偶尔为之，因此吸烟者吸入的烟没有香烟那么多，这种观点同样也是迷信。

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Some competent physicians and research workers-though their small number is decreased even further-are less sure of the effect of cigarette smoking on health.

有些精通业务的医生和研究人员—虽然这些人不多，并且人数在进一步减少—不那么肯定吸卷烟对人体健康有影响。

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New studies on the effect of cigarette and alcohol sin taxes suggest heavy users are less influenced by price changes than others.

新的针对香烟和酗酒征税的研究显示，烟瘾和酒瘾很大的人受价格变动的影响要比其它人小。

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Smokers face tax increases, bans, health concerns and social stigma worldwide, but the effect of those on cigarette demand generally is less stark outside the United States.

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As states and the federal government have passed laws making it more difficult to sell cigarettes by raising taxes and putting more restrictions on sales, cigarette companies actually payout less money from that settlement.

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But even as Washington tightens its regulatory grip over the existing cigarette lines, it seems less and less likely that the tobacco firms are going to be able to fulfill their half of the aspiration enshrined in the legislation.

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