Iceland has successfully halved smoking rates over the past 20 years.

在过去的20年里，冰岛成功地将吸烟率降低了50%。

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Men and blacks account for more cases than women and whites, possibly because of differences in smoking rates.

男性（包括黑人男性）比女性（包括白人女性）更易罹患此症，这种差异可能和不同性别中的吸烟率有关。

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Overall, however, smoking rates remain persistently high, despite now nearly-ubiquitous workplace smoking bans.

虽然现在工作场所的禁烟令几乎无处不在，但总体上的吸烟率仍然居高不下。

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In the United States, smoking rates are down from the past, but cigarettes still cause about one-fifth of all deaths.

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The tobacco history is extremely interesting and relevant here The tobacco industry in countries like China saw the potential as well, and hence, smoking rates like rates of obesity have been skyrocketing in China and in countries such as Indonesia, Botswana, and Uruguay.

烟草的历史十分有趣,与我们这里讲的内容相关,像中国这样国家的烟草工业,也发现了这种潜在情况,因而,吸烟率就好像肥胖率那样,在中国,印度尼西亚,博茨瓦纳,乌拉圭这些国家中直线上升

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Let's say you want to see how something like cigarette smoking is changing in the population and the rates of cigarette smoking, and you want to look at people every five years from 1970 to 2000.

比如你想知道,人群中吸烟者的人数变化,和吸烟者的比例,在1970年至2000年每五年的情况

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And hopefully something will happen in Asia, because the smoking rates there are just unbelievably high.

NPR: Negotiator of '98 Deal Weighs New Tobacco Ruling

However, smoking rates are still climbing, and no one knows when they will peak.

BBC: China's smoking timebomb

The Welsh government's aim is to reduce adult smoking rates to 16% by 2020.

BBC: Cigarettes on display