Unlikely, thanks to complacency, naivety, and impotence in the face of big tobacco In 1854, John Snow carried out a study of the Broad Street cholera epidemic that is now recognised as a classic of epidemiology and public health practice.1 In the same year, Philip Morris made his first cigarette.2 Today, cholera still occurs but is rare, while cigarettes represent the biggest preventable threat to global health. The magnitude of that threat is laid out in the latest World Health Organization report on the global tobacco epidemic.3 The report estimates that tobacco use currently causes around seven million (or one in 10) global deaths each year and details progress implementing the six core tobacco control policies advocated under the MPOWER acronym (Monitor, Protect from smoke, Offer help to quit, Warn about dangers, Enforce bans, and Raise taxes).4 These policies are intended to discourage people from consuming tobacco, much as removing the handle of the Broad Street pump reduced access to contaminated drinking water,1 …

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无烟一代？

不太可能，这要归功于面对大烟草时的自满、天真和无能为力 1854 年，约翰·斯诺对布罗德街霍乱流行进行了一项研究，该研究现已被公认为流行病学和公共卫生实践的经典。 1 同年，菲利普莫里斯制造了他的第一支香烟。2 今天，霍乱仍然存在，但很少见，而香烟是对全球健康的最大可预防威胁。世界卫生组织关于全球烟草流行的最新报告中列出了这种威胁的严重程度。 3 该报告估计，烟草使用目前每年导致全球约 700 万人（或十分之一）死亡，并详细说明了六项核心措施的实施进展。在 MPOWER 首字母缩略词下倡导的烟草控制政策（监控、防止烟雾、提供戒烟帮助、警告危险、执行禁令、