纽约吸菸人口增加
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【联合晚报╱美联社】
For the first time in years, more than 1 million New Yorkers are
smoking,according to data released Monday, marking a disturbing rise of
tobacco use in the city that pioneered a number of anti-smoking initiatives
that were emulated nationally.
根据星期一发布的数据显示，超过一百万的纽约市民抽菸，这个数据是数年来首见，这个
全美其他地方仿效、提出多项禁菸倡议的城市的吸菸比例更是创下新高。
Sixteen percent of adult New Yorkers smoked in 2013, up from 14 percent in
2010, which was the city's lowest recorded rate, according to the findings
released by New York City's Department of Health.
2013年，16%的纽约市民抽菸，而纽约市卫生局发布的数据则指出2010年的比例是14%，也
是史上最低。
The rise in 2013, which is the most recent data available, is striking since
it comes as smoking rates fall across the U.S. However, the national average
_18 percent _ is still higher than it is in New York.
和全美国下降的吸菸率相比，这份2013年的最新数据显得惊人。不过，纽约市的平均值还
是低于全国的18%。
"We've had a plateau in the smoking rate for a couple of years, but now it is
a statistically significant increase," said Dr. Mary Bassett, the city's
health commissioner. ``We now know the rise is real and we aim to do
something about it.''
“这几年纽约市的吸菸比例一直都很高，但目前真的在数据上有显著攀升，” 纽约市卫
生局长巴西特说，“我们有感受到比例的增加，也打算有所行动。”
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