BBC英語文章精讀:加拿大將在每根香菸上標註健康警告信息

英語學習er 發佈 2022-06-15T09:04:31.602253+00:00

心理健康和成癮部長卡羅琳·貝內特表示,她希望這項措施能讓更多人知道。她補充說,2001年起,加拿大開始在香菸包裝上標印具有警告作用的照片,但這種做法已不再像政府希望的那樣有效。

Canada mulls putting warnings on each cigarette

加拿大考慮在每根香菸上標註健康警告

mull [mʌl] vt. 研磨;思索或思考某事物,斟酌,深思熟慮
cigarette [ˌsɪɡəˈret] n. 香菸,紙菸

Canada's government is proposing putting health warnings on individual cigarettes in what would be a world-first way of tackling the habit.

加拿大政府提議在每根香菸上標註健康警告的信息。這將是世界首創的解決這種不良習慣的方法。

propose [prəˈpəʊz] v. 提議,建議
health warning 健康警示
tackle [ˈtæk(ə)l] v. 應付,解決

Mental Health and Addictions Minister Carolyn Bennett said she hoped the measure would help reach more people.

心理健康和成癮部長卡羅琳·貝內特表示,她希望這項措施能讓更多人知道。

She said the key target were young people who often access cigarettes "in social situations sidestepping the information printed on a package".

她說,這項措施主要針對在社會場合中經常吸菸的年輕人,他們經常迴避印在煙盒上的警示信息。

sidestep [ˈsaɪdstep] v. 迴避問題

A 75-day public consultation period on the issue starts on Saturday.

從周六起已開始向公眾徵求對該議題的意見,為期75天。

"Adding health warnings on individual tobacco products will help ensure that these essential messages reach people," Ms Bennett told reporters.

「在每個菸草產品上添加健康警告的信息,將確保這些重要信息傳達給人們。」貝內特告訴記者。

tobacco [təˈbækəʊ] n. 菸草,菸葉;菸草製品

She added that photo warnings on cigarette packets - introduced in Canada in 2001 - were no longer as effective as the government had hoped.

她補充說,2001年起,加拿大開始在香菸包裝上標印具有警告作用的照片,但這種做法已不再像政府希望的那樣有效。

The Heart and stroke Foundation of Canada welcomed the new proposal.

加拿大心臟和中風基金會對新提案表示歡迎。

stroke [strəʊk] n. 中風

"Canada will now have the strongest health warning regime for cigarettes in the world," the foundation's CEO, Doug Roth was quoted as saying by Canada's CBC public broadcaster.

「加拿大將擁有世界上最堅決的針對香菸的健康警告制度,」加拿大 CBC公共廣播公司援引基金會執行長道格羅斯的話說。

regime [reɪˈʒiːm] n. (尤指獨裁的)政府,政權;(機構、公司、經濟等的)管理制度,管理方式
be quoted as saying 引自,援引

"These are deadly products, and these measures will help to further reduce their appeal to youth and non-smokers, as well as to support current smokers in their efforts to quit."

「煙製品是致命的,這些措施將有助於進一步降低它們對青少年和非吸菸者的吸引力,並幫助吸菸者戒菸。」

appeal [əˈpiːl] n. 呼籲,懇求;上訴,申訴;吸引力,感染力

In 2020, more than four million Canadians were daily or occasional smokers, according to Statistics Canada.

根據加拿大統計局的數據,2020年,超過400萬加拿大人每天或偶爾吸菸。

Tobacco use is still the leading preventable cause of illness and premature death in the country with the population of more than 38 million.

在這個3800多萬人口的國家,菸草使用仍然是導致疾病和過早死亡的主要可預防原因。

premature [ˈpremətʃə(r)] adj. 過早的,提早的;早產的
premature death 過早死亡;早逝

An estimated 48,000 Canadians die each year as a result of smoking, according to the Canadian Lung Association.

據加拿大肺臟協會估計,每年大約有48,000名加拿大人死於吸菸。

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