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From VOA Learning English, this is Science in the News.2014.04.14Im Anna Matteo.And Im Christopher Cruise.This week we talk about smoking -- a preventable cause of cancer. This year, the United States marked the 50th anniversary of the governments first report on smoking and health（造句）. The then-Surgeon General -- Luther Terry -- wrote that first report. It linked cigarettes to lung cancer and heart disease（造句）. The year was 1964(年份，数字表达法). At that time, more than 40 percent of Americans smoked. Today, about 18 percent are smokers（同义替换）.Anti-smoking measures save lives in the U.S.The