VOA慢速英語:世衛(wèi)組織表示到2050年中國禁煙措施能使1300萬人避免因抽煙導(dǎo)致的死亡

[ti:WHO Anti-Smoking Measures Could Prevent 13 Million Deaths in China by 2050] [ar:Milagros Ardin] [al:Health Report] [by:www.chinavoa.com] [00:00.00]From VOA Learning English, [00:02.12]this is the Health Report. [00:04.98]A new study finds that more than 13 million deaths [00:09.94]could be prevented in China over the next 40 years [00:14.45]if the country had stronger anti-smoking measures. [00:19.36]But the study's authors say China [00:22.82]has not taken many steps to control the use of tobacco. [00:28.42]The study was published in the British Medical Journal. [00:33.12]China signed the World Health Organization's [00:37.13]international treaty on tobacco control in 2003, [00:42.56]but it has not put in place many of the WHO's ideas [00:48.87]to help people stop smoking. [00:52.19]Experts say following with ideas could cut smoking [00:57.10]by 40 percent before the year 2050. [01:02.30]Without stronger anti-smoking measures, [01:05.56]they could be 50 million tobacco-related deaths [01:10.27]in the country over that time. [01:13.06]The authors of the study used a computer program [01:17.72]called SimSmoke to make their predictions. [01:22.03]David Levy works at Georgetown University's [01:26.09]Lombardi Cancer Center in Washington D.C. [01:30.05]He says China has one-third of the world's cigarette smokers. [01:36.15]More than half of the men in China smoke. [01:40.17]Mr Levy say people often begin smoking [01:44.37]without knowing it will harm their health. [01:48.53]He says people in some countries smoke, [01:51.63]because it makes them feel important. [01:54.79]"Smoking, you know, once it gets established [01:58.05]and in many of the low- and middle income countries, [02:00.92]you know there's kind of a prestige initially to smoking," Mr Levy said. [02:04.83]The WHO plan calls for a ban on smoking in all public places. [02:11.95]It also calls for countries to place health warnings [02:16.12]on cigarette containers, [02:18.22]and offer programs to help people stop smoking. [02:22.93]And it says there should be higher taxes on tobacco. [02:27.69]Experts say a 75 percent increase in cigarette taxes [02:33.45]could save about 3.5 million lives, [02:38.15]they say an end to cigarette advertising could save 2 million lives. [02:44.72]After signing the WHO agreement, [02:49.60]China placed a 12 percent tax on cigarettes, [02:53.15]but the government did not force Chinese smokers to pay the tax. [02:58.81]One of the authors of the new study is Teh-we Hu. [03:03.62]He is a professor of public policy economics [03:07.72]at the University of California Berkeley. [03:11.38]Professor Hu says China's cultural and society are changing. [03:16.84]He said President Hu Jintao supports an ban on smoking in public. [03:22.74]The President also wants people to stop giving cigarettes [03:27.90]as gifts to officials and employers. [03:31.80]Mr Hu says the most effective anti-smoking measures in China [03:36.51]would be a large increase in the cigarette tax, [03:40.41]but he does not expect that to happen soon. [03:43.91]And that's the Health Report from VOA Learning English. [03:48.01]For more stories about health, [03:50.31]go to our website chinavoa.com. [03:55.97]I'm Milagros Ardin.

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