新年戒菸 你能堅持嗎？
New Year pledge going up in smoke? You're not alone
Promised yourself to quit smoking in the new year, but just can't stop lighting up? You're not alone, with an Australian survey showing that only 3 percent of smokers who made such resolutions stuck with them.
An online poll of just over 1,000 people, conducted ahead of the launch of a video game designed to help smokers quit, showed one in four Australians made New Year's resolutions to quit -- but more than half went back on their word within a week.
Some 15 percent lit up within hours of making the pledge, the survey showed.
The research revealed that seven out of ten smokers have tried to kick the habit at some point.
"Our research shows that the majority of smokers in Australia want to quit but are struggling to stick to their resolution. For most people, the desire to stop smoking is not enough," Edward Fong, general manager of Ubisoft, the videogame manufacturer selling the anti-smoking software, said in a statement.
According to the survey, Australian smokers light up an average of 13.8 cigarettes every day or 5,037 cigarettes a year.
There are currently 2.63 million smokers in Australia, which equates to 16 percent of the population over the age of 18, with women on average making more attempts to quit than men.
The World Health Organization says smoking kills about 4 million people each year, causing a quarter of deaths related to heart disease.
The organization estimates that by 2030, more than 8 million people will die from tobacco-related causes each year, mainly in developing countries.
發誓在新的一年裏一定要戒菸，卻又忍不住點燃一支？你不是個例外。澳大利亞的一項調查顯示，在新年決心中表示要戒菸的人中，僅有3%的人正在堅持。
這項調查在發佈一款幫助菸民戒菸的電子遊戲之前進行，共有一千多人蔘加。調查顯示：四分之一的澳大利亞人決心在新的一年中戒菸，但超過半數的人不到一週就挺不住了。
調查顯示，約15%的受訪者立誓戒菸還不到幾個小時，就又開始吞雲吐霧了。
調查表明，70%的菸民曾嘗試過戒菸。
將推出戒菸遊戲軟件的育碧公司的總經理Edward Fong聲稱：“我們的調查結果顯示，澳大利亞的大多數菸民都想戒菸，但很難堅持下來。對於大部分人來說，戒菸的願望還不夠迫切。”
調查顯示，澳大利亞菸民平均每人每天吸13.8根香菸，合每人每年吸5037根。
目前澳大利亞共有263萬菸民，相當於18歲以上成年人的16%，女性菸民試圖戒菸的次數要多於男性。
世界衛生組織稱，全球每年有400萬人死於吸菸引發的疾病， 其中四分之一死於心臟病。
據世界衛生組織估計，截至2030年，全球每年將有超過800萬人死於吸菸引發的疾病，且主要集中在發展中國家。
Vocabulary:
go back on one's word:食言；違背諾言
