輕度吸菸同樣會增加癌症的患病率
Smoking has generally declined in the United States for the past 20 years, according to the study. But even light smoking is tied to cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases and increases in the risk of cancer, the report noted。
研究表明，在過去的20年裏，總體上美國的吸菸人羣已經大大減少了。但報告指出，就算是輕度吸菸者也跟心血管、肺部疾病脫不了干係，也會增加患癌症的概率。
A new study has noted a rise in the proportion of very light smoking. The report defines very light smoking as no more than five cigarettes per day。
一項研究表明，輕度吸菸者的人羣比例在增加。這份報告中把一天吸菸不超過五支的人定義爲“輕度吸菸者”。
Director of the Center for Tobacco Control at North Shore-LIJ Health System in New York also told the network that those who carry the habit of light smoking may not even consider themselves as smokers at all or that they can easily quit the habit. She added that this type of smoker even tends to increase the amount they smoke over time to become a heavy smoker。
北岸醫療集團菸草控制中心的主任告訴網絡媒體說，那些有輕度吸菸習慣的人也許根本意識不到自己是個吸菸者，甚至不會想到他們可以很容易地戒菸。她還補充說這類型的吸菸者甚至還會隨着時間的推移進而增加自己的吸菸量，成爲老煙槍。
This type of behavior leads to greater health problems later down the road, so it is absolutely crucial try anything possible in order to bring all of the problems associated with “light” smoking to the user’s attention。
久而久之，這類行爲無疑會帶來更嚴重的健康危害。所以，盡一切可能地讓公衆去關注所有“輕度”吸菸會帶來的問題，是至關重要的。
Instead of asking if someone smokes, maybe medical professionals should start asking how often they use tobacco, since some smokers may not even identify themselves as such because of their small habit。
不要去問某人到底吸不吸菸，或許醫療專家會問他們吸菸的頻率，因爲有些吸菸的人並不認爲自己是吸菸者，因爲他們覺得這個小習慣不值一提。
The habit may be small, but the consequences are much, much greater. It’s time to get rid of smoking completely, and the best way to do that is identifying even the smallest of problems。
習慣雖小，後果可能是嚴重的。該是我們完全戒菸的時候了，而最好的方法就是去認識吸菸最小的危害。
