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World's First Anti-Tobacco Treaty Goes into Force The world's first treaty aimed at cutting tobacco-related deaths has come into force. The World Health Organization's Framework Convention on Tobacco
The top US commander in Afghanistan, General Stanley McChrystal, is in hot water with the White House for some derogatory comments he made during an interview for a magazine article. The remarks were controversial enough to have him summoned to the W
Australia Size: 7,686,848 sq. km Population: Over 18 million Currency: Australia dollar Main language: English National Anthem: Advance Australia Fair National Flag: Australia lies 1500 km north-west
Being old is when you know all the answers, but nobody asks you the questions. (Anonymous) Six months before she died, my grandmother moved into an old people's home and I visited her there when I was in Britain. She was sitting in the living room wi
VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I'm Barbara Klein. This week, we will tell about cancer. Health experts say it will soon become the world's leading killer. We also will present evidence
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio wants to raise taxes on cigarettes to persuade people to stop smoking. 纽约市市长比尔德布拉西奥(Bill de Blasio)希望通过提高香烟税鼓励人们戒烟。 He would raise the current $10.50 minim
World's First Anti-Tobacco Treaty Goes into Force 国际第一个反烟草条约生效 The world's first treaty aimed at cutting tobacco-related deaths has come into force. The World Health Organizati
Smoking in a restaurant has just been made illegal in India. In fact you now face a 200 Rupees' fine-- that's around 4 US dollars, for lighting up anywhere in public. India isnt the first country to ban smoking in public places, but this is the world
Unit7 Part B Last Gasp for Smokers It was a normal day and in their New York office, Ken and his colleagues stopped for their coffee break. But while his colleagues were able to sit at their desks and drink their coffee, Ken had to go outside. He cou
提高征税 阻止吸烟 A lot of smokers start using cigarettes when they are teenagers, only to find later on that they can't kick the habit. It's a huge public health concern. As a result, researchers the world over, in government and in private
Another two days sailing south and I was on another island called Nassau, the capital of a group of islands called the Bahamas. 乘船往南又航行两天我就到了另一个叫做拿骚的岛屿,它是巴哈马群岛的首都。 In Nassau sponge
Is Secondhand Smoke Child Abuse? 儿童吸二手烟是虐待儿童行为吗? From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Lifestyle report. Doctors have been warning for years that secondhand smoke leads to many types of illness. However, many child
Abu Dhabi Summit to Focus on Tobacco and Disease 阿布扎比峰会关注烟草和疾病问题 The 16th World Conference on Tobacco or Health will be held next month in Abu Dhabi. The five-day meeting will feature the latest in smoking control effort
By Carol Pearson Washington 07 May 2008 The World Health Organization expects the number of women who smoke to triple over the next generation, if current trends continue. As a result, it expects more than 200 million women to die from tobacco induce
From VOA Learning English, this is the Technology Report in Special English. Public health officials say tobacco companies are avoiding a worldwide ban on advertising tobacco products to young people by using smartphone applications, or apps. The off
BEIJING, May 31 -- China will report its progress on tobacco(香烟) control to the member conference(联盟) of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) next year, but many experts say that there is still a lot to be done. China is
The Seven Ages of Man(from As You Like It, II, vii)by William Shakespeare 朱生豪译All the world's a stage,全世界是一个舞台,And all the men and women merely players;所有的男男女女不过是一些演员;They have their exits and t
BEIJING, Jan. 2 (Xinhua) -- China's top legislature is considering the country's first national tobacco control law, according to a report released Wednesday. It is quite necessary to enact laws to control the dangers of smoking, says the report adop
Researchers from Oxford University, the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, and the Chinese Centre for Disease Control conducted two large, nationally representative studies, fifteen years apart. They calculate the annual number of tobacco deaths ha
Iraqi prime minister has announced the start of a large military operation to recapture Faluja from Islamic State fighters, the city which is 65 kilometers west of Baghadad has been controlled by IS for the past two years. James Earl reports,Using hi