Experts say a 75 percent increase in cigarette taxes could save about 3.5 million lives, they say an end to cigarette advertising could save 2 million lives.

　　After signing the WHO agreement, China placed a 12 percent tax on cigarettes, but the government did not force Chinese smokers to pay the tax.

　　One of the authors of the new study is Teh-we Hu. He is a professor of public policy economics at the University of California Berkeley.

　　Professor Hu says Chinas cultural and society are changing. He said President Hu Jintao supports an ban on smoking in public. The President also wants people to stop giving cigarettes as gifts to officials and employers.

　　Mr Hu says the most effective anti-smoking measures in China would be a large increase in the cigarette tax, but he does not expect that to happen soon.

　　And thats the Health Report from Learning English. For more stories about health, go to our website 51voa.com. Im Milagros Ardin.

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