世界无烟日：全球每年300万人因吸烟过早死亡_时事

世界无烟日：全球每年300万人因吸烟过早死亡

"The worldwide prevalence of tobacco smoking has decreased from 27 percent in 2000 to 20 percent in 2016, so progress has been made," Douglas Bettcher, director of the WHO's prevention of noncommunicable diseases department, told a news briefing.

世卫组织非传染性疾病预防司司长道格拉斯•贝彻在资讯发布会上说：“全球吸烟率已从2000年的27%下降到2016年的20%，我们已经取得了进步。”

Launching the WHO's global report on trends in prevalence of tobacco smoking, he said that industrialized countries are making faster progress than developing countries.

他在发布世卫组织全球吸烟率趋势报告时说，工业化国家比发展中国家控烟进步更快。

"One of the major factors impeding low- and middle-income countries certainly is countries face resistance by a tobacco industry who wishes to replace clients who die by freely marketing their products and keeping prices affordable for young people," he added.

他补充说：“阻碍中低收入国家控烟的一大因素当然是来自烟草行业的阻力，这些国家的烟草行业希望自由销售他们的产品，而且让年轻人买得起，来实现消费者的更替。”

Progress in kicking the habit is uneven, with the Americas the only region set to meet the target of a 30 percent reduction in tobacco use by 2025 compared to 2010, for both men and women, the WHO said.