喫煙によって死亡した者の大半はヘビースモーカーではなかった。

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English Translation

Most people killed by smoking were not heavy smokers.

Furigana

喫煙(きつえん)によって死亡(しぼう)した者(もの)の大半(たいはん)はヘビースモーカーではなかった。

Romanji

Kitsuen niyotte shibōshita mono no taihan wa hebi-sumo-ka- de wa nakatta.

Words

喫煙 (きつえん)

smoking

に因って (によって)

according to; by (means of); due to; because of

死亡 (しぼう)

death; mortality; to die; to pass away

者 (もの、もん)

person

の (の)

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

大半 (たいはん)

majority; mostly; generally

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

ヘビースモーカー (ヘビースモーカー、ヘビースモカー、ヘビー・スモーカー、ヘビー・スモカー)

heavy smoker

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

無い (ない)

nonexistent; not being (there); unpossessed; unowned; not had; unique; indicates negation, inexperience, unnecessariness or impossibility; not ...; to not be...; to have not ...