Before you cough up your hard earned cash for the most recent weight loss miracle medication consider the general population's success rate.

在你准备把辛辛苦苦赚来的钱拿去购买那些最新的神奇减肥药物之前，最好先想想人民大众中减肥的成功率吧。

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Charities and the government are trying hard to make the wealthy cough up more.

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Plus, he says, while U.S. consumption keeps declining (down an annual 2% since 1981, estimates the Tobacco Merchants' Association), the remaining hard-core smokers are willing to cough up any amount to buy butts.

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