China is ramping up efforts to control smoking, with 44 cities either introducing or revising measures last year, taking the number of cities with such regulations to 254, health authorities said.
卫生部门表示，中国正在加大控烟力度，去年有44个城市出台或修订了控烟措施，使出台此类法规的城市数量达到254个。

At the provincial level, 24 regions in China have rolled out regulations on smoking, with the proportion of the population protected by comprehensive smoke-free regulations continuing to increase, according to experts from the National Health Commission.
国家卫生健康委员会的专家表示，在省级层面，中国已有24个地区出台了控烟条例，受全面无烟条例保护的人口比例持续增加。

The data was released during a ceremony in Beijing on Saturday marking the inauguration of a committee led by medical institutions dedicated to tobacco control and health enhancement. A seminar was also held as part of the event.
这些数据是周六在北京举行的由医疗机构牵头的控烟与健康促进委员会成立仪式上公布的。活动期间还举办了一场研讨会。

Smoking control, which includes measures to curb smoking and encouraging smokers to quit, is a viable approach to facilitate population-wide disease prevention and improve individual healthcare, said Wang Lu, a health expert from the commission.
该委员会的卫生专家王璐说，控烟包括遏制吸烟和鼓励吸烟者戒烟的措施，是促进全民疾病预防和改善个人卫生保健的可行方法。

China ratified the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control in 2005 and put it into force in 2006.
中国于2005年批准了世界卫生组织《烟草控制框架公约》，并于2006年正式生效。

Following the release of a document in 2016 aimed at building a healthier China, the country decided to intensify tobacco control through pricing, taxation and legislation.
继2016年发布旨在建设健康中国的文件后，中国决定通过价格、税收和立法等手段加大控烟力度。

It also aims to actively promote the development of smoke-free environments and strengthen supervision and law enforcement in public places.
该文件还旨在积极推进无烟环境建设，加强公共场所的监督执法。

The document aims to decrease the nationwide smoking rate among people age 15 and older to 20 percent by 2030. It was 24.1 percent in 2022, a 1.7 percentage point decrease compared to 2020.
该文件旨在到2030年将全国15岁及以上人群吸烟率降至20%。2022年的吸烟率为24.1%，比2020年下降了1.7个百分点。