N ew research appears to expand our understanding of how increases in cigarette prices can help to reduce smoking rates. A recent study on the subject by Victoria L. Stevens, PhD, strategic director of laboratory services in the Epidemiology Research Program at the American Cancer Society in Atlanta, Georgia, and colleagues found that the effects of price increases extended to smokers aged 65 years and older (Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2017; 126:1071-1077). The results suggest that a higher tax on cigarettes would increase their price, reduce smoking rates in older adults, and consequently decrease the risk of smoking-related cancers and other diseases in this high-risk group.

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较高的卷烟价格鼓励老年吸烟者戒烟

新的研究似乎扩大了我们对卷烟价格上涨如何有助于降低吸烟率的理解。乔治亚州亚特兰大市美国癌症协会流行病学研究项目实验室服务战略主管 Victoria L. Stevens 博士及其同事最近对这一主题进行的一项研究发现，价格上涨的影响扩展到 65 岁的吸烟者和更老（癌症流行病学生物标志物上一页 2017 年；126：1071-1077）。结果表明，对香烟征收更高的税会增加其价格，降低老年人的吸烟率，从而降低这一高风险人群患与吸烟相关的癌症和其他疾病的风险。