VOA标准英语2012--US Surgeon General Says More Needed to Curb Teen Smoking
时间：2019-01-13 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2012年(三月)
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US Surgeon General Says More Needed to Curb 1 Teen Smoking
The report is a tome - nearly 900 pages long. Its focus is on how to prevent tobacco use among teenagers and young adults.
Smoking among teens up
While the overall rate of tobacco use has drastically declined since the first surgeon general's report more than 40 years ago, this report shows that children as young as 10 are developing a deadly tobacco addiction 2. Surgeon General Regina Benjamin says the statistics are shocking. "Every day 1,200 Americans die from smoking. And each of those people are being replaced by two young smokers 3," she stated.
The goal is to end tobacco use among teens and young adults. Studies show that teenagers are much more vulnerable than adults to the addictive 4 properties of nicotine 5, a drug found naturally in tobacco. And that tobacco use interferes 6 with lung development.
More than 90 percent of adult smokers lit up their first cigarette before they turned 18. Many start the habit when they are in middle school, between 11 and 13 years old. "Today, more than 600,000 middle school students smoke, and three million high school students smoke cigarettes," Benjamin explained.
Studies also show that more than one in three young adults between the ages of 16 and 26 smoke. On the other hand, fewer than one percent of smokers start after the age of 26.
Anti-smoking campaign for youth
Dr. Benjamin outlined plans to launch a media campaign like this one aimed at youth. "I want our next generation to be tobacco-free," she said. "That's the goal, to have our next generation tobacco free."
Dr. Benjamin wants to involve parents and teachers and to refocus on community anti-smoking programs, including programs in schools.
Ads targeting teens, tobacco mimic 7 candy
The report criticizes tobacco companies for advertising 8 campaigns that target young people and for making products like tobacco candy.
It cites the effectiveness of placing higher sales taxes on tobacco products, which make them too costly 9 for most teens to buy.
A U.S. Health Department spokesman said helping 10 young people avoid tobacco addiction will cut the number of tobacco-related illnesses and premature 11 deaths and spare more families the devastating 12 emotional toll 13.
n.场外证券市场，场外交易；vt.制止，抑制
- I could not curb my anger.我按捺不住我的愤怒。
- You must curb your daughter when you are in church.你在教堂时必须管住你的女儿。
n.上瘾入迷，嗜好
- He stole money from his parents to feed his addiction.他从父母那儿偷钱以满足自己的嗜好。
- Areas of drug dealing are hellholes of addiction,poverty and murder.贩卖毒品的地区往往是吸毒上瘾、贫困和发生谋杀的地方。
吸烟者( smoker的名词复数 )
- Many smokers who are chemically addicted to nicotine cannot cut down easily. 许多有尼古丁瘾的抽烟人不容易把烟戒掉。
- Chain smokers don't care about the dangers of smoking. 烟鬼似乎不在乎吸烟带来的种种危害。
adj.(吸毒等)使成瘾的，成为习惯的
- The problem with video game is that they're addictive.电子游戏机的问题在于它们会使人上瘾。
- Cigarettes are highly addictive.香烟很容易使人上瘾。
n.(化)尼古丁，烟碱
- Many smokers who are chemically addicted to nicotine cannot cut down easily.许多有尼古丁瘾的抽烟人不容易把烟戒掉。
- Many smokers who are chemically addicted to nicotine cannot cut down easily.许多有尼古丁瘾的抽烟人不容易把烟戒掉。
vi. 妨碍，冲突，干涉
- The noise interferes with my work. 这噪音妨碍我的工作。
- That interferes with my plan. 那干扰了我的计划。
v.模仿，戏弄；n.模仿他人言行的人
- A parrot can mimic a person's voice.鹦鹉能学人的声音。
- He used to mimic speech peculiarities of another.他过去总是模仿别人讲话的特点。
n.广告业；广告活动 a.广告的；广告业务的
- Can you give me any advice on getting into advertising? 你能指点我如何涉足广告业吗?
- The advertising campaign is aimed primarily at young people. 这个广告宣传运动主要是针对年轻人的。
adj.昂贵的，价值高的，豪华的
- It must be very costly to keep up a house like this.维修这么一幢房子一定很昂贵。
- This dictionary is very useful,only it is a bit costly.这本词典很有用，左不过贵了些。
n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的
- The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
- By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。
adj.比预期时间早的；不成熟的，仓促的
- It is yet premature to predict the possible outcome of the dialogue.预言这次对话可能有什么结果为时尚早。
- The premature baby is doing well.那个早产的婴儿很健康。
adj.毁灭性的，令人震惊的，强有力的
- It is the most devastating storm in 20 years.这是20年来破坏性最大的风暴。
- Affairs do have a devastating effect on marriages.婚外情确实会对婚姻造成毁灭性的影响。