The National Institutes of Health had strong financial support during doctor Zerhouni's first two years. But Congress didn't increase the budget very much after that.

在兹尔侯尼任职的前两年里，国家卫生局获得了雄厚的财力支持。但是此后国会并没有增加预算。

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Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon's amendment, which said there had been a real terms increase in the NHS budget for this financial year, was carried with 80 MSPs voting for and 47 voting against.

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But a Congressional Budget Office analysis of the financial impact of a 50-cent-per-pack increase in cigarette taxes shows that while cutting the number of smokers trims government outlays over the short run, the increased longevity and higher end-of-life expenses of non-smokers eventually would cost taxpayers tens of billions of dollars more from Medicare and Social Security.

FORBES: Fewer Smokers Means Higher Taxpayer Costs, Study Finds