there is on a pack of cigarettes,

香烟的税收率
you can see that it varies widely from state, to state, to state.

我们会发现各个州之间的差别甚广
Some cases there are large taxes,

有些州税收高
the biggest ones are in New Jersey and Rhode Island,

税收最高的州是新泽西州和罗得岛州
that are about $2.50 per pack,

每包香烟约二点五美元
and this is the state excise tax that gets put on tobacco.

这是州对香烟的征税
The smallest, I think,

税收最低的是南卡罗莱纳州
is South Carolina which is $.07,

零点零七美元每包
so there's a big difference between $.07 and $2.50.

零点零七美元和二点五美元相差多大
The tobacco researchers have shown now for years

烟草研究者多年前就已表明
that taxes are the single most effective way

税收是唯一最有效的方法
to curb levels of smoking in the population.

来限制吸烟者人数