Tobacco consumption is currently the single leading preventable cause of death, which results in the premature death of nearly five million people a year.

烟草消费是目前单一可预防的主要死亡原因，每年造成将近500万人过早死亡。

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A premature increase in Japan's consumption tax in 1997 May have aborted that country's recovery.

1997年，日本一项不成熟的增收消费税计划中断了其经济复苏。

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Particularly after a banking bust, premature fiscal tightening can push weak economies back into decline, as Japan's ill-timed consumption-tax increase in 1997 showed.

尤其在经历过银行重创之后，不成熟的财政紧缩将会把脆弱的经济推向衰退的深渊，1997年日本在困难时期增加消费税的行为就是明证。

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